Dennis Joe “Denny” Ward, son of the late Jack Ward and Bobbie Jean Sheldon Ward, was born on June 24, 1952, in Advance, Missouri and departed this life on June 15, 2022, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 69 years.

Mr. Ward was a Union Carpenter with Carpenter Local 1770 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and a former Job Superintendent for Penzel Construction in Jackson, Missouri. He was a former member of the Bloomfield Masonic Lodge and a resident of Bloomfield, Missouri. He enjoyed deer hunting and reading about World War II.

On November 20, 1976, in Bloomfield, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Debra Pullum. Mrs. Ward survives of their home in Bloomfield.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his daughter, Kara Walker and husband Seth of Dexter, Missouri; by his brother, Larry Ward of Bloomfield, Missouri; by his granddaughter, Emma Walker, who he dearly loved and enjoyed spending time with; and by several nieces and nephews, other relatives, and many friends.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, June 18, 2022, from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Funeral services will then be conducted on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. Interment will follow in the Gravel Hill Cemetery in Rural Bloomfield, Missouri.