Freda Grace Ward

Freda spent her childhood in Pagosa Springs, CO, and then graduated from Grand Junction High School. On April 9, 1954, she married Alfred “A. W.” Ward in Grand Junction, CO.

She attended Mesa State College studying Early Childhood Education. She loved working with children and was the Director of Sonshine Center Preschool for Assembly of God Church. Freda also loved to camp, hike, walk, garden, embroider, knit, and spend time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her daughter, Donna G. Brakhahn of Salt Lake City, UT; brother, Ray Cotton of Grand Junction, CO; 6 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Freda was preceded in death by daughters, Linda Ward, Debee Ward, and Lisa Frisch; her husband, A. W. Ward; and her brother Don Cotton.

Visitation will be at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary on Monday, July 27, 2020 from 6-8PM. Funeral services will take place at Victory Life Church on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at 9AM. Burial will be at Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the American Heart Association at www.heart.org or the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org.