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Wards celebrate 45 years of marriage

Robert (Bob) and Karen (Gentry) Ward will celebrate 45 years of marriage on June 6, 2017. 

Both are from the state of Missouri and were married in Karen’s hometown of Rolla in 1972. 

The Wards moved to Ada, Ohio, in 1989, from Las Cruces, N.M., where Bob had been teaching at New Mexico State University. 

Retiring in 2015 from Ohio Northern University, Bob served the T.J. Smull College of Engineering as a civil engineering professor.  Karen and Bob both continue to enjoy the community of Ada, Ohio.

The Wards have three daughters and one son.  The photo was taken in 1971.

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