Carol Dawn Ward
October 13, 1948 – September 14, 2023

Pocatello, Idaho – Carol Dawn Ward, 74, passed away September 14, 2023 at the Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho. She went by her first and middle name, Carol Dawn, throughout her life.

Carol Dawn was born in Malad, Idaho on October 13, 1948 to Golden Clifford and Emma Louise Spencer Ward. She was educated in the Malad City, Idaho public schools where she graduated from Malad High School.

She then enrolled in and graduated from Utah State University, Logan, Utah with a major in Elementary Education. While at Utah State University, she played bass clarinet in the Utah State University Concert Band.

She also completed most of the required classes for a Master Degree from the same university.

After graduating from college, she served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Japan North Mission. After serving her mission, she traveled to Washinton D.C. where she served as a legal secretary to Jake Garn, United States Senator from Utah.

Upon completion of that assignment, she returned and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah where she worked as the personal secretary to A. Theodore Tuttle, General Authority in the First Quorum of Seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Subsequent to the passing of Elder Tuttle, Carol Dawn taught Elementary Education in the Salt Lake City School District. Eventually, she moved to Kirkland, Washington where she worked in the Taxpayer Service Division of the Internal Revenue Service in Seattle, Washington.

Carol Dawn enjoyed riding horses on the Ward family farm. She was musically talented and played the piano and organ. She enjoyed doing ballet, the Charleston and jazz dancing. She diligently served her mother and father in the family residence in Malad City, Idaho until their passing.

Carol Dawn is survived by three brothers; Joseph Golden (Alice) Ward, Ryan Dell (Bobbie) Ward, Kenneth William (Tracy) Ward and two sisters, Mary Louise Ward (Cheney), Lorene Kay (Carl) Marsing. Also, a sister-in-law, Helen Wayman Ward and numerous nieces and nephews.

Carol Dawn was preceded in death by her parents, Golden Clifford and Emma Louise Spencer Ward, two brothers; RichardAllen Ward, James Spencer Ward, a sister-in-law, Arline Bjorkman Ward, and three nephews: John Allen Ward, Peter Jess Ward and James Richard Ward.

The family would like to extend special thanks to the employees of the Elegant Residential Assisted Living facility in Pocatello, Idaho.

A viewing will be held on Thursday, September 21st, at 10:30 a.m. at the Malad Stake Center prior to the services. Funeral will be held at 12:00 noon at the Malad Stake Center 1250 North 1100 West Malad, Idaho

Interment will follow at the Malad City Cemetery.