{"id":112993,"date":"2026-09-09T11:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/?p=112993"},"modified":"2026-09-09T11:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:16:26","slug":"ward-dereck-age-81-listowel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/obituaries\/2026\/09\/ward-dereck-age-81-listowel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ward, Dereck (Age 81, Listowel)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"122\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2026\/09\/97f3689f-warddereck.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112994\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dereck Ward of Listowel passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2026, in his 82nd year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Husband of the late Patricia. Father of Michelle &amp; Paul, Kristine &amp; Jeff, and Lorri &amp; Andrew. Grandfather of Erica, Chloe, Calla, and Thea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brother of Gregg &amp; Bonnie, Brenda &amp; Bill, Lane &amp; Joan, and Trent and Debbie, brother-in-law of Donald &amp; the late Jannett, Karen &amp; Murray, and Sheri &amp; John. Special friend of Jennifer. Remembered by many cousins, nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A private family service will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, Listowel on Friday, September 11th followed by a public Celebration of Dereck\u2019s Life at Parkview Gardens from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eatonfuneralhome.ca\/memorials\/dereck-ward\/5742415\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eatonfuneralhome.ca\/memorials\/dereck-ward\/5742415\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click HERE to read full obituary. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dereck Ward of Listowel passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2026, in his 82nd year. Husband of the late Patricia. Father of Michelle &amp; Paul, Kristine &amp; Jeff, and Lorri &amp; Andrew. Grandfather of Erica, Chloe, Calla, and Thea. Brother of Gregg &amp; Bonnie, Brenda &amp; Bill, Lane &amp; Joan, and Trent and Debbie, brother-in-law","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,7,4788],"class_list":["post-112993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-eaton-funeral-home","tag-listowel","tag-ward"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-17 16:26:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/cknx.ca\/obituaries\/2026\/09\/ward-dereck-age-81-listowel\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112995,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112993\/revisions\/112995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}