NAME: IDA MADELINE (MCCORKLE) WARD , AGE 90, A COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 28, 1914 IN DALLAS, TX TO LAWRENCE AND MARY (PEELER) MCCORKLE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2004 AT MCALESTER, OK. AGE: 90 YEARS 2 MONTHS 15 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT OAK GROVE AND CAIRO IN COAL COUNTY. MARRIED: MIKE L. WARD ON MAY 21, 1932 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: IDA WAS A NURSE'S AID AT HURLEY HOSPITAL FOR 16 YEARS AS WEEL AS HOUSEWIFE & HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFELONG MEMBER OF COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST. IDA WAS A MEMBER OF THE REBEKKA LODGE WHILE LIVING IN MICHIGAN. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BUDDIE ANN CHILDRESS OF COALGATE, OK. JOHN WAYNE WARD AND WIFE LOWANN OF COALGATE, OK. 7 GRANDCHILDREN, 14 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: JANE DOWNARD OF COALGATE, OK. LOUISE MARCUM OF COALGATE, OK. PAULINE SEYBERT OF LANCASTER, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: MIKE WARD OF COALGATE IN JULY, 1978. PARENTS: LAWRENCE AND MARY E. (FEBRUARY 15, 1966) MCCORKLE OF COALGATE. SISTER: EARLINE MCKINNEY. BROTHER: LAWRENCE MCCORKLE JR. INFANT DAUGHTER: MARY MARLENE WARD.

DATE OF SERVICE: FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2004 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST. INTERMENT: CAIRO CEMETERY ~ COTTONWOOD, OK. OFFICIATING: MR. FRANK BREWER. ASSISTING: LLOYD MCELHANEY. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS & GREAT GRANDSONS) JOHNNY WARD, MIKE CHILDRESS, BERNIE BLUE, JOE CHILDRESS, AARON BLUE, CLAY WESLEY, BRIAN WESLEY, BEN WARD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE MCCORKLE, DAVID MCCORKLE, BILLIE DOWNARD, SHANE WESLEY.