Nola Jean Warren Ward, daughter of the late Albert Warren and Gladys Dozier Warren, was born on August 26, 1934 in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on April 14, 2021 at Lexington Health Care Center in Lake Zurich, Illinois, at the age of 86 years.

Mrs. Ward was a former resident of Dexter, Missouri and attended First Baptist Church in Dexter. She was a former employee of Harris Ready Mix in Dexter and Ross Dress for Less in California.

She is survived by her son, Jim Gruman and wife Tina of Riverside, Illinois; by two daughters, Cathy Taylor and husband Mark of Florissant, Colorado, and Susan Spudis and husband Robert of Newfield, New York; by five grandchildren, Mickala Lynch, Zachary Gruman, Alex Gruman, Michelle and Ezekiel Martin, and Michael and Jessi Spudis; and by four great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Aiden, Veronica, and Rylan.

Service information will be announced later by Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri.