Patricia "Pat" Ward

Patricia Ward, age 77, of Decorah, IA, died on Saturday, January 14, 2017, at her home near Decorah, IA. Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2017, at the First Lutheran Church, 604 West Broadway, Decorah, IA, with Rev. Chad Huebner presiding.  Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2017, at the Haney Ridge Cemetery, Barnum, WI. Visitation will be held from 4:00-6:00 p.m., on Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, 604 South Avenue, Decorah, IA, and also after 10:00 a.m., at the church on Wednesday morning. Pat is survived by her two children, Mark (Lisa) Ward, Albertville, MN and Dawn (Dave) Tollefson, Decorah, IA, grandchildren, David Tollefson, Amy Halweg, Michael (Renda) Tollefson, Melissa (Scott) Clement, Jason (Amanda) Ward, Brett (Tonya) Ward, Cory Brannan, Tad Brannan. Will (Anita) Brannan. Great grandchildren Ryan, Jenna, and Emma Ayers, Madison, McKenzie, and Meison Tollefson, Isabella, Landon and Abby Clement, Samantha and Jaxon Ward, Owen and Lillie Ward, McKell, Elliott, and Quinlan Brannan, Hunter and Aiden Brannan, Bryce, Daelyn, Brynlie, and Nolan Brannan. Also, one sister, Mary Lund of Boscobel, WI. Sisters in law. Ruth (Fritz) Reiger and Ida Ward, Brother in law, Oliver Griswold and special lifelong friends Ken and Marie Gumz, Sparta, WI, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Pat was preceded in death by her son, David on March 3, 1994, her husband Larry on November 21, 2011, her parents Roy and Velva (Dillman) Groom, her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Walter and Sadie (Bell) Ward, her sister, Betty Atkinson, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, John Atkinson, Bill Lund, Neil Ward (Dorothy), William Ward (Maxine), Ronald Ward (Ethel) LaVon (Shorty) Ward, Leonard Ward, Lucille (Pete) Ritchie, Mildred (Alton) Fortney, Faye (Lewie) Roth, and Betty Ward.