Ruth Esther Ward

     Ruth Esther Ward was born on 9 July 1889 at Warwick, Massachusetts.^2,4,5 She was the daughter of Everett Daniel Ward and Cora May Harding.^1,2,3 When she attended Orange High School, she lived with her Aunt, Grace (Harding) Whitney at 77 North Main Street, Orange. On 2 October 1912 at the Home of Everett and Cora Ward, Ruth's parents, North Orange, Massachusetts, Ruth married Harry Lincoln Woodman, son of Herbert J. Woodman and Mary E. Flanders. In a double ring ceremony performed by the Rev. Selden W. Cummings, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lowell.^3,6 Ruth Esther Ward and Harry Lincoln Woodman lived in September 1939 at 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts.⁷ Ruth Esther Ward died on Friday, 26 December 1980 at Athol Memorial Hospital, Athol, Massachusetts, at age 91 years, 5 months and 17 days.^4,5 Ruth was buried on 31 December 1980 at Jones Cemetery, Orange, Massachusetts.⁴