Margaret Irene Forristal Ward, daughter of the late Thomas Alexander Forristal and Norma Leona Stackhouse Forristal was born on August 20, 1942 at Gainesville, Arkansas and departed this life in the SoutheastHealth Center of Stoddard County on February 4, 2014 at the age of 71.

Ms. Ward is survived by two daughters, Cathleen Donohue and her companion Monroe Quinn of Dexter and Norma Halford and her husband Bradley of Oran: by two brothers, Henry Forristal of Riverside, California and Charles Forristal of Hemet, California: by two sisters, Ellen Williams of Lee, Florida and Dorothy Kolb of Rockport, Oregon: by five grandchildren, Christina Cash, Marcus Flacy, Zachary Anderson, Darrell (Trey) Anderson III and Nathan Quinn: by three great-grandchildren, Caitlin Cash, Chloe Cash and Kurt Flacy.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Lawrence Forristal.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of Ms. Ward’s death care.