Times Leader

Thursday, October 25, 2001 Page: 12A

Helen Ward

Oct. 24, 2001
elen C. Ward, 80, of White Haven, died Wednesday at Geisinger Wyoming
Valley Medical Center, Plains Township.



Born in White Haven, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Anna (Quinn)
Reilly. She was retired from the Federal Business Products Co. She was a
member of St. Patrick’s Church, White Haven.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, William and Joseph; and sisters,
Alice Hartman and Ann Johansen.

Surviving are her husband, Raymond L., mayor of White Haven; daughters,
Donna Lawson, Freeland; and Dale Negy, Indiana; son, Raymond L., Jr.,
Delaware; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild; and sister, Marie Stemple,
White Haven.



Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday from the Joseph E. Lehman
Funeral Home Inc., 403 Berwick St., White Haven, with a Mass of Christian
Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Church~. Interment will follow in St.
Patrick’s Cemetery, White Haven. Friends may call from 2 to 6 and 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice St.
John, 901 Stacie Drive, Hazleton, 18201; or to St. Patrick’s Church, 580
Elmira St., White Haven.