She was born in Fort Thompson, South Dakota, on March 24, 1939, retired from Frito Lay, and served in the Women’s Army Corp. She was preceded in death by her parents, Howard Taft and Mary Ann Fog Kennedy.
No services have been set at this time.
Survivors include her sons, Don Ward of Juneau, Alaska and Lyndon Ward of Tampa, FL, her daughters, Donna Edwards of Athens, AL and Patricia Baker of Pulaski, TN, her brother, Bobby Kennedy of Lower Brule, SD, her sisters, Pearl Colombe of Lower Brule, SD and Claudey Kennedy of Souix Falls, SD, her grandchildren, Christopher Byrd, Tristan Fralix, Brennan Baker, Alexandria Ward, Chris Cohoon, Alyse Cohoon, Kate Cahoon, Christine Ward and Catherine Ward, and 3 great grandchildren.