Obituary of Jennifer C. (Challinor) Ward

Ward, of Peabody, MA, peacefully, June 9, 2017, Jennifer C. (Challinor) Ward, 80, formerly of Wellesley, Natick and Sudbury MA, devoted wife of the late Dennis S. Ward and loving mother and mother-in-law of Simon and Sylvia Ward of Peabody, Martin Ward of Aurora, Colorado, and Kay Ward of Jamesville, New York, cherished grandmother of Valerie, Andrew and Lauren Ward and Nicholas and Brittany Wentworth, also survived by a brother-in-law, Donald Ward and his wife Shirley and their children Vanessa, Debbie and Allison all of Huddersfield, England UK. Sister of the late David Challinor. She enjoyed a full life from being raised in England during WW2, attending boarding school in post-war Germany, emigrating to the US with a young family, car camping across the US and traveling the world with her late husband. She pursued many hobbies including tennis, cooking, quilting, gardening, knitting, crosswords and suduko. She enjoyed entertaining at home and loved the arts – visiting museums, singing in a choir and attending the opera, symphony and other musical performances. A Memorial Service will be held on June 25th at 11:30 AM at the Unitarian-Universalist Church , 309 Washington St. (Rt. 16,) Wellesley, MA. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown, MA 02472 or to the American Stroke Association, MA Chapter, 300 5th Ave., Waltham, MA 02451 in her memory. For Guest book, please visit www.ccbfuneral.com