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Helen Louise (Berry) (Black) Ward
Helen L. Ward, 68, of Oologah died at 9:45 p.m. April 7, 2008 at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, April 11 at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Oologah with Pastor Ben Williams of First United Methodist Church of Oologah as the officiant.
Burial will be at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa
immediately following the service.
Helen loved singing from an early age. She participated in school choir and
later Church choir for most of her adult life. The memorial service "A
Celebration in Song" will be dedicated to her love of music.
Helen was born on November 13, 1939, in Nowata, OK to the late Roy and Jewel
Berry. She received her education in Nowata, graduating in 1958. She attended
Bartlesville Business College where she received a secretarial certificate. She
was employed for 25 years in the bookkeeping department at Victory National Bank
in Nowata. She then worked at Saks Fifth Avenue and Dillard's Department Stores
in Tulsa and retired in 2001. Helen and Gary Ward were married in 1982 and moved
to Oologah where they lived for 26 years. She enjoyed spending time with and
spoiling her grandchildren, never telling them no. Her missionary work with the
ladies of the First United Methodist Church helped her live out a dream. Last
year she and Gary charted and completed a cross country sightseeing trip through
the panhandle of Oklahoma with Yellowstone as their destination.
Survivors include her husband, Gary of the home, one Son, Rick Black and his
wife Julie of Oologah. Two step sons, Gary and Tracy Ward of Tulsa. One Brother,
Charles Berry of Tulsa, three sisters, Margie Pierce and Jan Wyrick of Nowata
and Erville Orndorff of Bartlesville. One granddaughter, Bailey Black and two
grandsons, Drake Black and Weston Wofford of Oologah. Four step granddaughters,
one step great grandson and a host of relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her father and mother and three brothers, Eugene, Warren and K.B. Berry.
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