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Mary Ethyl Fletcher Ward

27 May 1922 – 16 Mar 2012

Birth	27 May 1922
Death	16 Mar 2012
Cemetery	Saint Patricks Episcopal Church Columbarium Incline Village , Washoe County , Nevada , USA
Added by	Mary Louise Bates on 19 Feb 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201572775

Bio

A son, Ade Clinton Gann Jr. born to Ade Clinton Gann (1922-1991) and Mary Ethyl Fletcher. Mary and Ade divorced before 1951. Mary E. (Fletcher) Barnes remarried Neal Pershing Ward on April 20, 1951. He adopted the young lad and Ade took the name of Neal Clinton Ward. Neal and Mary had two daughters, Elizabeth Jo “Liz” Behrens-McGinty and Cassie Ferrell. Mary was an advocate in the POW/MIA movement after son Neal “Clint” Ward was shot down over Laos in 1969. For the rest of her life, she believed he would be found alive and returned to the United States.

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Family

Parents

• Thomas Sloan Fletcher 1888–1931
• Mary Catherine "Kitty" Collier Fletcher 1891–1942

Spouse

• Neal Pershing Ward 1918–1992 FaG

Siblings

• Albert G Fletcher 1915–1999
• Annie Mae Fletcher Brimer 1918–2017
• Charles T Fletcher 1920–1994
• Dollie Fletcher Scott 1925–2011
• Linnie Merle Fletcher Spruill 1928–2020
• Winnie Eldee "Dink" Fletcher Dais 1930–2017

Children

• MAJ Neal Clinton "Clint" Ward 1945–1978 FaG
• Elizabeth Jo Ward McGinty 1954–1996 FaG

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