John Robert Ward, 65

John Robert Ward, 65, of Columbia Falls, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell.

John worked at Plum Creek Timber Company in Columbia Falls for 42 years and had been retired for the past three years.

He was preceded in death by his mother, father, a brother and a sister.

John is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren, Robert, Jami, Zak and Bria Ward, Rhonda, Tim, Chris and Tyke Nagel, Becky, Lorin, Heather and Jon Turner, and Rodney, Julia, Nik and Natalie Ward; and numerous family and friends.

A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 11, at Glacier Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 2659 U.S. 93 North, Kalispell. A reception will follow at Woodland Park in Kalispell.

Arrangements are with the Columbia Mortuary in Columbia Falls.