Full Obituary

     STEVEN D. WARD, age 68, of Loyal, WI, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2024 surrounded by his family at Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield, WI.  Funeral services will be held at 11am on Saturday, December 7, 2024 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Loyal, with Rev. Barry Saylor and Rev. Emmanuel Famiyeh concelebrating the Mass.  Burial will follow in St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery.  Visitation will be held at the church on Saturday from 9am until time of service.
     Steven Dean Ward was born on August 15, 1956 in Iowa City, IA to Lynn A. and Irene A. (McBride) Ward.  His family moved to Greenwood, WI in 1965, and settled in Loyal, WI in 1967, where he graduated from Loyal High School in 1975.  After high school, Steve became employed at Stewart's Redville Dairy in Greenwood.  He was united in marriage to Jeanne L. Bauer on January 19, 1980 at St. Anthony Catholic Church.  After Stewart's Redville Dairy closed in the early 1980's, Steve went to work at Land O' Lakes, in Spencer, until retiring in 2021.
     He was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church, Teamsters Local #662, and was very active in the Loyal Jaycee's.
     Steve had many interests, but especially loved spending time with his family and friends, hunting, playing cards, the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin Badger football, the Milwaukee Brewers, traveling, and camping at David and Rita's.
     He will be dearly missed by his wife, Jeanne, of Loyal; his children: Brian (Kaci Kleinhans) of Eau Claire, WI, and Kristi Primc of Marshfield, WI; four grandchildren: Maranda (Erica), Nathan, Calista, and Ciara; two step-grandchildren: Ethan and Mason; two brothers: Tim (Sandy) Ward of Virginia, MN, and Phillip Ward of Eau Claire, WI; four sisters: Judy Ward of Eau Claire, WI, Rita (David) Jackson of Greenwood, WI, Alice (Kevin) Clairmont of Eau Claire, WI, Vicky (Shawn) Shelton of Marshfield, WI; one sister-in-law, Aon Ward of Thornton, CO; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
     Steve was preceded in death by his father, two brothers: Randy and Albert "Gene" Ward, and his daughter-in-law: Jenn Ward.
     In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be given in Steve's name to Loyal Fire & Ambulance.