Shirley Maurine Deardorff Ward Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Shirley Maurine Deardorff Ward of Clarendon, Arkansas, born in Eugene, Oregon, who passed away on April 17, 2024, at the age of 77, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As Shirley Maurine Deardorff departs from this earthly realm, her essence lingers — a whisper on the wind, a ripple on the water — a testament to the enduring power of love to transcend the boundaries of life and death. Though Shirley Maurine Deardorff may no longer walk beside us, her spirit lives on in the memories and the legacy Shirley Maurine Deardorff leaves behind.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Eldon Deardorff and Edith Deardorff; her brothers, William Joseph Mickalson (Bill), Raymond Mickalson and Henry George Mickalson (Mickey); and her sons, Joseph Lynn Ward and Casey Allen Ward.
She is survived by: her husband Kenneth Charles Ward of Clarendon, AR; her daughter Billie Jo Ward Hanley of White Hall, AR; her daughter-in-law Shelia Ward of Clarendon, AR; and her siblings, Randy Deardorff (Debbie) of Marcola, OR and Zelma Bailey of Sequim, OR. She is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandkids, nieces and nephews.
