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Paradise, Wallowa County, Oregon
Orlando (Landy) Ward, died of a heart attack on Friday, Dec. 26, 1969 on the Snyder Ranch in Paradise area where he was spending the Christmas holiday with his son.
Funeral services were held Monday, at 2 p.m. at the Bollman Funeral Home. Interment was in the Enterprise Cemetery with military committal service by Wallowa Lake Post #157 of the American Legion.
Born Nov. 22, 1895 in Milan, Mo., son of E.R. & Myra Ward, and lived in Wallowa county for 69 years. He was a veteran of World War I and was a retired logger.
On March 14, 1925 he married Nellie Maud Fisher, who survives him. Other survivors include a son, Jay Clifton Ward of Enterprise; a sister, Mrs. Iva Williams of Portland and 6 grandchildren.
Wallowa County Chieftain Newspaper dated Jan. 1, 1970.
Contributed by: Michelle Drayton-Fisher