Obituary of Adrian L. Ward

Adrian was born in Portland Or. and moved with his family to Menlo Park in 1925. He graduated from St. Joseph Grammar School in 1929, from Bellermine Prep in 1933 and from Univ. of Santa Clara in 1937 with a business degree. Adrian worked at President Hotel, Palo Alto, during school years and sales at Schwabacher/Fry, San Francisco until 1941 when he joined the Quartermaster Corps of the Air Force at Moffett Field. In 1945 he was released from the Army as Sergeant in an Altitude Training unit at Hickam Field, Hawaii. In 1945 he joined the sales force of Pacific Telephone Co. until 1954 when he went into the sporting goods business. He was active in all fields, rental, wholesale, factory and importing in various parts of Northern California, Oregon and Nevada in the sales and purchasing departments. During this time he was able to spend considerable time in the field in order to verify the quality of the equipment and the productivity of the many hunting and fishing locations. In 1977 with the words freedom and independence appearing in the tea leaves, he took early retirement in order to perfect the art of hunting and fishing and to support the humane drive to reduce the overpopulation of fish and game where necessary. Favorite sports to play or watch-fishing, hunting, boxing, tennis, golf, baseball, football. He left no footprints on the sands of time but sure tracked up a lot of trout streams. Unknown Adrian is preceded in death by his parents Adrian F. and Adele Ward and his sister, Jean Bone. Mass will be celebrated January 11, 2012 at 11:00 am at the Church of the Nativity 210 Oak Grove Av. Menlo Park.




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