Show 1011 oi I 1 01 S IN C U I 1 friends of the family received word here this week of the death of A B ward for many years a res ident ot of delta in california on sept 3 mr air ward was at the home of his daughter mrs airs tom V hiep at gar den grove california at the time of his death and had been ill III for about two weeks he ite was seventy beven bearg of age he ile is survived by his wife and tour four daughters mrs edna blades mrs Gl gilberta iberta white mrs ethel lambert and hattie and five grandchildren ilia ills family are all liv ing in california A B ward moved to delta in 19 11 with mith hia his family and started a livery stable here at that time they came from kansas after a little time they opened their hotel on a small scale and as the community grew and prospered they enlarged their holdings and tor for some years here ran a large hotel and garage mr ward was a kindly man in friel and trust and dur ing the years here bere filled a ent place in the life of the town he ile served a term as mayor and was holding the office a second term at the time the family moved to call fornia in 1924 in the tall fall of 1922 a tire fire broke out in their hotel that completely demolished the building for some time after that the family family lived at the blades farm and then moved to los angeles and later to hemet cal where they bought property several lears ears ago they moved to garden grove mr ward Is remembered here by bly a host of friends whose sympathy is extended to the family in their be rea |