Ward Alan Royce
December 23, 1958 - April 2, 2006
Obituary
With courage, hope, and the will to live, Ward A. Royce, 47, succumbed to the unforgiveness of cancer on April 2, 2006. He is survived by his beloved son, Jordan, and his four sisters: Karen, Mary, Charlotte, and Kathryn; brothers-in-law Kenneth and Les; nephews Lawrence and Alexander; and niece MacKenna. His devoted friend, Janette Carroll, grieves with his family. Ward will be laid to rest near his parents at Washington Memorial Park. A celebration of Ward’s life will be held at 1:00 PM on April 22, 2006, at the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center: 16600 NE 80th St., Redmond, WA. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Ward’s memory may be made to Cancer Program aat Valley Medical Center, c/o Grace Dalrymple, P.O. Box 50010, Renton, WA 98058.
It was great working with Ward. He was such a positive, encouraging person. He spoke often of his son and times they spent together. I know it is a tremendous loss, and I hope his son knows that Ward truly cherished him and all the time they spent together.
Ward will be truly missed and I am grateful for the opportunity I had in getting to know him and work for him. My heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends.
We are so sad to hear of your loss.
Are thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
We loved Ward
Mary and Michelle Miller Mount Baker neighbors
I will always remember the good times working with Ward at Heath Tecna. I know he will be missed dearly , but I feel very fortunate to have know him. Our deepest sympathies to his family and friends… The Marts’Family
I am deeply saddened to learn of Ward’s passing. Ward was tremendously talented and compassionate and I will always treasure my nearly thirty years of memories of working with him.
So sad to read about Ward in the paper this morn. We love you all, and shall keep you in our thoughts and prayers.
Veda
To the Royce Family,
I am so sad to hear of your loss. It has been years since I have seen any of you, but your family meant so much to me growing up. Ward was a good guy to know, a happy cheerful spirit. Thank you for sharing your home and family with ours. I don’t have any particular memory, just the ups and downs of kids, playing, bike riding, bee stings in the woods… your mom fixed me up – our parents being friends. All in all just good neighbors to the full extent of the words. And if I may, a special hello to Kit. May God give you all peace in this difficult time. Our best to all of you from all of us kids, Terry, Carol, Bob and Gail Helton.
I will always remember Ward with fondness. I worked with him at Hexcel. My prayers go out to all his family and friends.
Kathie Brave
I am so sorry for your loss. I too have fond memories of working with Ward at Heath/Hexcel for so many years. He was truly a good leader. My thoughts are with you.
Katie Wiktorski
I am saddened to hear of Ward’s passing. I worked and knew Ward for 14 years. He was a great friend of mine and we always helped each other through the good and difficult times in life. I will always remember the great times we had crabbing and working together. I will always remember you Ward as you were an awesome individual.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU, I ALSO LOST MY HUSBAND TO CANCER. WE WILL MISS WARD.
I am deeply sadened to hear of Wards passing. He was such a caring manager and a wonderful person. I have fond memories of him from the seven years that we worked together. This is such a loss.
To my youngest cousin-may you rest in peace. You were very muh loved and will be very much missed.
Pat
Working and playing with Ward for the past 20 plus years was always a joy. He will be missed as I would miss my brother.
Jordan’s teacher and classmates all extend their sympathy to Jordan and his family.
My deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Ward. My thoughts are with you. – Joan Broomell
My condolence goes out to the entire family. I worked with Ward for the past 18 years at Hexcel/Heath Tecna. Ward was an awesome friend and a great teacher. He will be greatly missed. May God bless and keep you in this time of mourning. Stacy Sauls-Jones
See you in the next life, You will alway be in my heart.
Barb Kindle
My heart and prayers go out to Ward’s family and his son Jordan. Jordan, you will always have your dad looking over you as your own personal guardian angel. May God bless you during these sad times.
I working indirectly with Ward for 11 years @ Hexcel. He was a very kind, soft spoken, and dedicated person who cared deeply for the imediate technical staff that worked for him. He supported his production staff in the same manner. He will be missed.
I can’t express how much Ward will be missed by all of us and how much he meant to each and every one of us. Jordan, your Dad will be with you always. His love for you was clear in everything he said and did and will be there for you forever.
Ward was a good friend and coworker. He gave me a chance to advance and advised me in times of down sizing. He is missed daily.
My condolences go out to Wards family and friends. Ward was a very good friend of mine and has been for over 20 years.He will be greatly missed by everyone who crossed his path. I will cherish all the lessons I have learned from Ward.
you will always be in my heart.
Mark Christian
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this time of loss and sadness. Our deepest sympathies and love go out to each one of you.
Dwight and Claudia
Words cannot express the sadness in my heart knowing I’ll never hear Wards voice saying “hello…..are you there” again. He started out as my boss, was my mentor, but more important was my friend. Whether he was trying to teach me something about the business, swapping stories about our kids or annual trips back to Montana I always left him with a smile. I miss him terribly but know I’ll see him again one day. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.
Janell
I will miss Ward so much. In the years that my mother, Kim, has worked with him I had the privilege to get to spend time with him. We had BBQ’s, watched movies, and I always loved playing in the hammock with Jordan and the other neighborhood kids. After I got my puppy Dakota, he got her brother, Cody, for Jordan. We used to sit and watch the two puppies play. He was one of the nicest people I have ever met in my whole life. Just knowing that I’ll never be able to see him again brings tears to my eyes. I will miss him so so much. He was a great person who brought happiness and smiles wherever he went. I love you Ward and I will miss you dearly.
With Love Always,
Marisa
You will be missed
Ward will be missed by friends, family and co-workers. May he remain in peace with the Lord.
We were very saddened to hear of Ward’s death. Our sympathy goes out to all the family.
Dave & Pat
Ward will be missed by all of us here at Hexcel. He was a tremendous individual, with great talents, and very easy to talk to. I will especially miss the times we spoke of the outdoors, his tremendous love for his son Jordan, and life in general. Thanks for being my friend. My thoughts and prayers go out to the entire family and especially his son Jordan.
My condolences to Ward’s family at this most difficult time. Ward was always a true leader among all of us at Hexcel and I have and will continue to miss him and that which he gave so much of – a confident sense of direction to make us all successful. God Bless.
My condolences to Ward’s family. I have known Ward for a number of years and was always an inspiration and mentor to turn to for making a sound decision. Jordan was always a topic of conversation, and the way Ward spoke so often of him, you knew he was the joy in his life. I will miss Ward.
I miss you Dad and I love you more than anything.
My deepest condolences to everyone that loved him, especially his favorite person in the world, his son Jordan
I met Ward when I started working at Hexcel back in 1996. I started out as his employee, next we became friends, and then I became his girlfriend. We had a good time together full of
Fun and laughter. We went camping,, the ocean, parties, the mountains, romantic dinners and dancing, playing pool and darts, laying in front of the fireplace in each others arms talking all night longand and so much more. I fell in love with him and his son Jordan, who were a team against his dad with water guns Ward loved his son very much and he loved my kids as well. I will cherish the time I spent with him the rest of my life. Ward has come into my dreams a few times over the years since his death and I know it’s him reaching out to him from his dimension to let me know he feels young, pain-free and happy. I will see Ward again on the other side and he will be one of my loved ones that show me the way.
LOVE, Cathleen Bircher