Great Bend High School Alumni
Great Bend, Kansas (KS)
In Memory of
Clay Cork Ward
Passed away 2004
Clay Cork Ward attended Great Bend High School in Great Bend, KS.
Class of 1972
Date of Passing Aug 23, 2004
Date of Passing Aug 23, 2004
Clay Cork “Corky†Ward, 53, Topeka, formerly of Great Bend, died Aug. 23 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka. He was
born Nov. 6, 1951, in Great Bend, the son of Wendell Clay and Shirley Ann Ward. He attended Great Bend public schools, Barton
County Community College and Platt College. An Auto-CAD operator and welder, Ward was most recently employed by PTMW
Inc., Topeka. Ward was a member of the nationally ranked Argonne Rebels Drum and Bugle Corps. Survivors include his mother
of Great Bend; one son, Jason Ward; one daughter, Tiffany Ward; three brothers, Thad Ward of WaKeeney, Scott Ward of
Chicago, Ill., and Timber Ward of Lincoln, Neb.; one sister, Tracy Ann Swann, Saltville, Va.; and his fiancee, Denise Howell of
Topeka. He was preceded in death by a brother, Shane Tucker Ward.
born Nov. 6, 1951, in Great Bend, the son of Wendell Clay and Shirley Ann Ward. He attended Great Bend public schools, Barton
County Community College and Platt College. An Auto-CAD operator and welder, Ward was most recently employed by PTMW
Inc., Topeka. Ward was a member of the nationally ranked Argonne Rebels Drum and Bugle Corps. Survivors include his mother
of Great Bend; one son, Jason Ward; one daughter, Tiffany Ward; three brothers, Thad Ward of WaKeeney, Scott Ward of
Chicago, Ill., and Timber Ward of Lincoln, Neb.; one sister, Tracy Ann Swann, Saltville, Va.; and his fiancee, Denise Howell of
Topeka. He was preceded in death by a brother, Shane Tucker Ward.