Birth date: Mar 15, 1962 Death date: May 26, 2021
Timothy Brian Ward was born on March 15th, 1962, in Evansville, Indiana. As a young boy, he and his family moved to Costa Mesa, California, which is where he spent the majority of his childhood into his teenage years. Growing up, Read Obituary
Great memories fishing with Tim
I am so happy I had the opportunity to spend time with Tim before his untimely passing. We used his Toyota Tundra to pull out 3 steel poles along his Mom's driveway. Little did we know they were cemented into the ground about 3 feet deep and weighed 180 pounds each. Tim's approach of "work smarter, not harder" made sense and I have applied this to my daily life ever since. Thank you Tim for all the advice and for being such a great friend, father, husband, brother and most of all a wonderful son to your Mom Sharon. God bless you and the Ward Family.
In Memorial of Timothy Brian Ward,
My name is Sharon Lee Ward. I am the mother of 2 sons. Older son James Patrick Ward, Jr. and Timothy Brian (recently deceased). I wanted to write this to help others. Please take care of your health. Get check-ups with your doctor. Cancer can take your life very quickly. This is what happened to my son Tim.
It happened so fast. Tim turned 59 on March 15th,2021. He drove to Southern California from Ogden, Utah to visit me. He drove back home and died 2 months later from organ failure caused by advanced liver cancer. We don't realize how important it is to do blood work. I was in shock when this happened. No one in the family knew of his condition.
I'm grateful to have shared some of Tim's life as my son. In the early 60's, I flew to Southern California from Southern Indiana with the two boys, to join their father who had moved to find work. Pat was almost 5 and Tim was 8 months old. Tim almost died from the trip. He had was has been called the 'Summer Complaint,' caused by a young body not being able to deal with sudden changes in environmental temperatures (like 17 degrees in Indiana to mid-60's in California) over the time of a plane ride. He was in the hospital for a week with very high body temperature. Fortunately, he recovered and I was blessed with 59 years of his life.
I want to share a little about Tim's personality.
During elementary school he liked art. One day someone from the school office called. They wanted me to see a piece of art work called 'Spook Black Halloween Cat', which had been hung in the office. This was Tim's drawing. Later the school paid for sending him to art classes. Many people watched him draw and paint in a public exhibition.
When he was in first-grade he told me his teacher was trying to write his name wrong. She needed to change her ways, he said. The same teacher told him he was not to wear his stocking cap in the class room. He told the teacher that his mother said he should wear it because he had an ear ache.
Later as a young man, he helped teach electronics course at Orange Coast College, after getting his AA at the same school.
This young man went on to work for an aerospace engineering firm, Parker-Hannifin, for 34 years. This is the same company that had employed his father, James Patrick Ward, Sr. Tim made Ogden Utah his home, where he lived with his wife Linda and raised their 3 children, Taylor, Lynzee, and Blake, along with a sequence of Jack-Russel terrier mixes (Sparky, Daisey, and Indy). He had one daughter-in-law Miranda (Taylor's wife) and a granddaughter named Adele.
Tim was a diligent and hard worker. Some of his last thoughts and deeds were to see his family was provided for.
I will miss him, dearly.
When Tim was in Costa Mesa in March he was the first one up and opened up the garage and worked all day. He offered great advise and cared very much for his family. As his family cared very much for him.
Tim's was very blessed to have Pat, his mother, wife, and children by his side till the end.
I still can't believe you finished your choirs before me, little brother.
I remember when you first came into our lives. Mom said that I stood by the crib and asked when you would be able to come outside and play. Well, we eventually got to that and we had some good times. Not enough though, as I was looking forward to seeing you retire and finding that dream-place tucked out in nowhere land near a lake you could fish unencumbered by modern society.
You always were a doer; never afraid of finding a solution to a challenging problem. You were a lot like Dad in that regard. You were creative and could make and fix almost anything. I know our parents were very proud of your accomplishments, as was I. I am also glad we did get to play some when we got older. I really enjoyed the fishing trips we would get to now and again. Our last was less than a year ago at Utah side of Flaming Gorge. I should have known something was up--we didn't catch much. Quite unusual for you.
I will miss you dearly. But at least I got to be by your side when you decided to pull up stakes and find a better fishing hole. I will be sure to help Linda and the kids like you asked of me. We will meet and play again some day--when my choirs are finally done. Rest easy, little brother. You are free.
Pat
Tim was a very close friend. We fished, camped and worked together through the years. We would go to Willard, the Gorge and Starvation. We worked closely on many projects together.
Tim had his phone set up to count down time until retirement and I am sorry he never got to see it to fruition.
Godspeed my friend and condolences to the family.
Lance
Tim was an amazing guy. I shared many years working with Tim at Parker Aerospace. He had a great sense of humor and could always make a person laugh. Although the majority of the time that I spent with Tim was at work, he made me feel like we were always just hanging out and having a good time as friends. I am honored to have had a friendship with Tim in my life. There are very few people that are as truthful and as real as he was. Rest in peace my friend, we will miss you dearly.
Tim was a great man to be around. I've worked with Tim over the last 15 years at Parker and he was always helpful, I liked to call him Fix-it Felix off of the movie Wreck-it Ralph, because he could fix anything! I spent many fishing/hunting days with him. I'm going to miss talking with him everyday at work. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. May God be with them during this difficult time.
Sorry to hear. Tim will always be in my memory, He always helped me at work how ever he could. I will miss him .
Tim was really knowledgeable and easy to work with at Parker, Ogden.
Our prayers and heartfelt condolences to the family. Will miss Tim.
