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Deloris Kay Ward
A girl born and reared in a mountain community of mostly farmers, loggers, and forest workers. She grew up on a farm that was homesteaded by her great- grandfather, Joel Warner Curtis, and owned by...view moreA girl born and reared in a mountain community of mostly farmers, loggers, and forest workers. She grew up on a farm that was homesteaded by her great- grandfather, Joel Warner Curtis, and owned by her grandparents during the years of growing up. An era of hard work and determination from the depression of the 40’s. She was born April 18, 1940 in her parent’s home, to wonderful Christian parents.
She attended school at Mayhill, New Mexico, in a two room schoolhouse from 1946 to 1952. From 1952 to Dec. 1957 attended school in Cloudcroft, New Mexico in may of 1958. She attended Kearney State University, Kearney, Nebraska for a semester majoring in Art with a 4.0 average. She retired from Tri-County Senior Center in Monte Vista, Colorado in April 2002 where she had held the job of Activity Direction plus a few other jobs on the side.
She married Jerry K. Ward on 2/14/88 in Monte Vista, Colorado and between them they had eight children, nineteen grand children and seven great-grand children. She lost her beloved Jerry on May 29 2012 but not before he made provision for this book to be publishedview less
Books by Deloris Kay Ward
Life in a Mountain Town ‘Mayhill, New Mexico’: Memoirs of a Mountain Girl