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Shawnta Sweeten Ward
Shawnta Sweeten Ward, 29, wife of Larin E. Ward of Arbon., Idaho, passed away at home in Arbon on April 1, 2007 of complications from a seizure.
Shawnta was born December 31, 1977, to Denver and Lucinda Lewis Sweeten, and entered life as a triplet, with her brother, Seth and sister Shellise.
She attended Malad Schools graduating from Malad High School in 1996. She worked as a lifeguard at the LaGrande Aqua Plunge in Malad and was a CNA at the Oneida County Long Term Care facility before marrying her sweetheart.
She married Larin Ward, October 26, 1996, in the Logan LDS Temple. They made their home in Arbon, Idaho, where they have lived since they were married. They have been blessed with 4 children, Katie Shay (8), Kooper Larin (5), Mattie Jennifer (3), Morgan Lewis (1).
Shawnta was one of those special spirits who took care of all of us, who had time while raising four children to stop and talk to a friend or help someone out. She has touched countless lives and will be so missed by all who knew her.
Shawnta is survived by her husband, Larin Ward; her four children; parents, Denver and Lucinda Sweeten; four brothers: Seth (Jamie) Sweeten, Challis Sweeten, Colter Sweeten and Cree Sweeten; three sisters: Shellise (Manuel) Arias, Rexburg, Idaho; Nicona (Parker) Venable, Corinne, Utah, and Sadie Rae Sweeten of Malad; grandparents: Helen and Hyrum Peterson, Ogden, Utah; grandmother, Margaret Thomas; grandparents, Elbert and Joyce Sweeten; and numerous aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews; father- and mother-in-law, Vance and JoAnn Ward, Arbon, Idaho.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Hawkins Sweeten, and grandfather, Boyd E. Lewis.
Funeral Services will be Thursday, April 5, 2007, 12:00 noon, at the Malad LDS Stake Chapel, located at 1100 N. 1250 W.
Friends may call this Wednesday evening at the church from 6-8 p.m. and on Thursday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Burial will follow in the Arbon Cemetery.
Arrangements by the Horsley Funeral Home, Malad.
SHAWNTA SWEETEN WARD
Funeral Program
In Loving Memory
Shawnta Sweeten Ward – 29
Born: December 31, 1977, Tremonton, Utah
Died: April 1, 2007, Arbon, Idaho
FUNERAL SERVICE
April 5, 2007 – 12:00 noon
Malad LDS Stake Chapel
CASKET BEARERS – FAMILY
Seth Sweeten
Challis Sweeten
Colter Sweeten
Cree Sweeten
Manuel Arias
Parker Venable
Troy Ward
Shawn Ward
Matt Casper
Zach Tarbet
HONORARY BEARERS – FAMILY
Kooper Ward
Morgan Ward
Eric Ward
Ethen Ward
Cayleb Ward
J.T. Davis
Chase Davis
Cutter Sweeten
Tucker Venable
Caleb Arias
SERVICE
Family Prayer – Vance Ward, father-in-law
Prelude & Postlude – Steve Hess, friend
Officiating – President Bill Hubbard
Hymn #124 – “Be Still My Soul” – Directed by Manuel Arias
Invocation – Bill Lewis, uncle
Life Sketch – Shellise Arias, sister
Musical Selection – “A Woman’s Heart” – By Lynn Anderson & Julie Hayden, acc. by Lamona Bennett
Speaker – Laurie Call, aunt
Speaker – Bonnie John, aunt
Musical Selection – “I Am a Child of God” – By brothers, sisters, nieces & nephews, acc by Lyndell Ward
Remarks – President Bill Hubbard
Hymn #152 – “God Be With You til’ We Meet Again”
Benediction – Elbert Sweeten Jr., uncle
Concluding Service – Arbon Cemetery
Dedicatory Prayer – Denver Sweeten, father
Compassionate service and care of flowers by the Arbon Branch Relief Society