April 5, 2011  

LOWVILLE, N.Y.  —  Kay E. Ward, 73, of East Road Extension, died Tuesday morning, April 5, at her home where she was under the care of her family and Lewis County Hospice. 

The funeral will be 10 a.m. Friday, April 8, at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., 5702 Waters Road, Lowville with Rev. Billie Jean Melton, pastor of the Glenfield United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Martinsburg Cemetery. Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday , April 7, at the funeral home.  

Born Feb. 19, 1938, in the Potsdam, a daughter of Kenneth and Helen Blodgett Watson, she graduated from Norwood – Norfolk High School, and from beauty school in Utica.  

She married John R. “Jack” Ward on Dec. 20, 1958, at Wesleyan Methodist Church in Morley with her uncle Rev. Ray Morgan, officiating. The couple made their home on the Pine Grove Road for 41 years, where Kay raised her family, and had a salon in her home. 

She began work as a postal worker in the Glenfield Post Office, and later became Postmaster of the Martinsburg Post Office, retiring in 1998. 

She was a member of the Glenfield United Methodist Church and past president of the church UMW organization. Kay was a Life Member of the VFW Post 6912 Auxiliary, and years ago, was active with Eastern Star in Norwood, along with her mother.   

Mrs. Ward and her husband spent winters in Alabama.  

She enjoyed spending time with her family. 

Surviving are her husband of 52 years, Jack; three sons and daughters-in-law, Michael W. and Darlene Ward of Glenfield; Kirk J. and Patty Ward of Seneca Falls; Phil D. and Cindy Ward of Lowville; a daughter, Julie A. Wilkinson of Rochester; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two nephews and cousins.  

A brother and sister-in-law, Wendall and Jackie Watson, died before her.

Contributions may be made to Friends of Lewis County Hospice, P.O. Box 266, Lowville, NY 13367 or Glenfield UMW, in c/o Anna Burdick, 6341 Number Four Road, Lowville, NY 13367.

Condolences may be made online at www.isenekerfuneralhome.com.

Information provided by Iseneker Funeral Home of Lowville and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.