{"id":35534,"date":"2026-04-16T10:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=35534"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:17:44","slug":"alice-ward-88-of-brownstown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/35534-alice-ward-88-of-brownstown-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Ward (88) of Brownstown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alice Ward, 88, of Brownstown, died at 9:05 a.m., Monday, April 13, 2026 at Fayette County Hospital-Long Term Care, Vandalia, IL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Private family burial will be held at a later date at Pilcher Cemetery, rural Brownstown.\u00a0 Memorials may be made to the donor\u2019s choice.\u00a0 Gieseking Funeral Home, Brownstown is assisting the family with arrangements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alice J. Ward was born on Tuesday, April 13, 1938 in Shobonier to Charles and Helen (Thompson) Oldham.\u00a0 She married Edward Eugene Ward on November 17, 1956 and he preceded her in death on October 29, 2015.\u00a0 She was a homemaker and was retired from P.N. Hirsch, Vandalia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She is survived by; her son, Bill (Brenda) Ward, Strasburg; daughter-in-law, Lori Ward; sisters, Nancy Braun, Judy Lovall, Ruth (Larry) Lovall, Karen (Dave) Atteberry, Cathy (Joe) Gibson, Joann Neall, and Joyce Oldham; Grandkids, Kandi, Christal, Blake, Josh, Kelsy, and Anthony; and several great grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She was preceded in death by; her husband; sons, Jim, Jeff and Brad Ward; parents; sister, Doris and brothers, Kenny, Stan, Gene and David.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Online condolences may be expressed at www.giesekingfh.com.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alice died on Monday, April 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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