October 9, 1934 - May 10, 2025
Funeral services for Billy Ray Ward of Warsaw, Missouri will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Visitation prior to services 9 - 10 a.m. at the Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Scott Cemetery, Amsterdam, Missouri. Contributions to American Cancer Society. Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.
Billy Ray Ward, age 90 of Warsaw, Missouri died Saturday, May 10, 2025 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born October 9, 1934 to Virgil Victor and Cleda Thornbrugh Ward in Amsterdam, Missouri.
Billy is survived by his wife, Sue Ward of Warsaw, Missouri; three sons, Gregory Ward and wife Tara of Butler, Missouri, Jeffery Ward and wife Robin of Amoret, Missouri and Michael Ward and fiancé Tammy Hendren of Nevada, Missouri; one daughter, Stephanie Teagarden and husband Matt of Topeka, Kansas; three sisters, Barbara Ward, Karen Brown and Sandy Curnette; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Billy was preceded in death by his parents and one son, David Ward.