Dale Earl Ward, 71 of Mankato, died Monday, June 6, 2016 at his home in Mankato.
Funeral service will be held at 1:30pm, Thursday, June 9, 2016 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mapleton with visitation one hour prior. Reverend Roger Haug will be officiating. Burial will follow at Medo McPherson Cemetery.
Dale Ward resided at REM for the last 39 years in Mankato. He worked at M.R.C.I for the last 41 years. Dale was active in Special Olympics, and the L.E.E.P program.
Survivors include his brother and sister-in-law, Everett and Sharon Ward of St Clair; sister and brother-in-law, Thomas and Linda Fierge of Perry MO; sister-in-law, Laurie Ward of Minneapolis; several nieces and nephews, Michael Ward and family of Raleigh, NC, Susan Templin and family of Biloxi, MS, Jennifer Seifriz and family of Minneapolis, Kelly Kuda and family of Martinsburg, MO, Corey Allen and family of Hannibal, MO, Alisha Eisele and family of Perry, MO, Heidi Dreisewerd and family of Paris, MO, Thomas Fierge, Jr. and family of Perry, MO, Jessica Meranda and family of Columbia, MO.
Dale was proceeded in death by his parents, William and Fern Ward; brother, Jerry Ward; and nephew, John Ward.