April 22, 2011

Lynore daCosta Ward, 64, passed away peacefully April 22, 2011. Lyn was the wife of James Edwin “Ed” Ward. She was the daughter of the late Allan D. and Eleanore M. daCosta and was predeceased by her sister, Yvonne daCosta.

Born in New Jersey, she was a graduate of Mahwah High School, in New Jersey, the University of South Alabama, and Creighton University. She was a teacher at the Pruden Vo-Tech Center in Suffolk.

Besides her loving husband, Lyn is survived by her sister, Alana Wilson and husband Darold, of Lake Oswego, Ore.; aunt, Gail “Sis” Morgan; nephew and his family, Christopher John Simons Jr. and wife, Kimberely, and their sons, Christopher John Simons III and Nicholas Francis Simons, of Lake Oswego, Ore.

A memorial service will be conducted Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at 4 p.m. in the R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home and Crematory, 509 W. Washington St., by the Rev. Jud Ihlefield. Condolences may be registered at www.rwbakerfh.com.