Marian C. Ward, retired deli manager

Marian C. Ward, 91, of Lewes passed away Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes. She was born March 17, 1928, in Georgetown, daughter of the late Robert Griffith Hobbs and Margaret Nellie (Hudson) Hobbs.

 Mrs. Ward graduated from Georgetown High School, class of 1946. She worked for many years as a deli manager at Safeway, from which she retired in 1987. She was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church in Rehoboth Beach, where she was a member of the United Methodist Women’s Group.

 In addition to her parents, Mrs. Ward was preceded in death by her husband, Madison Ward in 1965; and her two stepsons: Gilbert Ward and Willard Marvel. She is survived by her stepson Jerry Ward and his wife Cheryl of Milford; her stepdaughter, Mary Ellen Skura and her husband David of Harrington; her cousin, Bonnie Messick and her husband Everett of Seaford, and their two children and five grandchildren; her cousin, Helen Betts and her husband James of Georgetown; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and her stepdaughter-in-law, Priscilla Ward.

 Funeral Services will be held Thursday, Nov. 21, at 11 a.m., at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Highway, Lewes, where friends may call beginning at 10 a.m. Burial will follow the services at Henlopen Memorial Park, Milton.

 Please visit Mrs. Ward's Life Memorial Webpage and sign her online guest book at www.parsellfuneralhomes.com.