Gertrude Oddney Ward, 89, passed away Friday, July 1, 2011, at Morningside Heights Care Center in Marshall, Minn. She was born April 25, 1922, in Breckenridge, Minn., to Ole and Gertrude (Otterdahl) Paulson.

Trudy was married to Richard Gerald Ward on Oct. 25, 1944, in Bellingham, Wash. She graduated from St. John’s Hospital School of Nursing in Fargo, N.D., in 1944 and practiced nursing throughout her lifetime.

Trudy and her husband, Dick, were charter members of Lutheran Church of the Master, Coeur d’Alene, and were extremely active in church activities and Coeur d’Alene Homes.

Trudy was loved and cherished by her children, grandchildren and by those who knew her.

She is survived by her daughter, Sandy (and Gordon) Crow of Laramie, Wyo.; sons, Rodney (and Jan) Ward of Charleston, S.C., and Gregg (and Nancy) Ward of Cincinnati, Ohio; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Paula Ward Roberts and husband, Richard G. Ward.

A memorial service to honor Gertrude’s life will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Lutheran Church of the Master in Coeur d’Alene. Please visit Gertrude’s memorial and sign her online guest book at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.