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Patricia M. “Pat” Ward
Patricia M. “Pat” Ward
Cascade
Patricia M. “Pat” Ward, 98, of Cascade, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at Accura Healthcare in Cascade, Iowa.
Visitation for Pat will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Cascade, Iowa, where a Mass of Christian Burial for Pat will be held at 11 a.m., with Rev. Mark Osterhaus presiding. Burial will be held in Calvary Cemetery in Cascade, Iowa.
She was born Sept. 18, 1924, in Casper, Wyo., daughter of Robert R. and Helen A. (Finn) Scott. She received her education in the Blairsburg, Iowa, area schools. She then attended Mercy School of Nursing in Dubuque, graduating in 1945. On June 26, 1947, she was united in marriage to Loren J. Ward at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dubuque, Iowa. He preceded her in death on June 5, 1973.
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