Anne Sullivan Ward, 74, of New Canaan, CT, died peacefully on March 8 after a long illness.
She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Richard S. Ward; her two sons Daniel S. Ward and Andrew A. Ward; her two stepsons John S. Ward and Brian A. Ward; and 8 grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister Louise S. Bagby of NJ and her brother Jack Sullivan of VA and two nephews.
Anne was born in Glen Ridge, NJ, and graduated from the Glen Ridge School system in 1968. While she was at Glen Ridge High School, she spent a term in France as an American Field Service Exchange Student. She attended Earlham College in Richmond, IN, and spent her junior year abroad in France. Her love of French served her well during her professional law career in NYC as a paralegal at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
She met Dick Ward while working on a case in Europe. They married in 1979, and she joined him in Belgium where both Daniel and Andrew were born. They moved back to the States to Virginia in 1987 and to New Canaan in 1992 where she was active in the New Canaan League of Women Voters.
She enjoyed her legal work, her travels, her sculpting avocation and being at their second home on the beach in Lavalette, NJ…BUT she loved her family the most. Her extended family and circle of lifelong friends loved her back for her passionate will to make life better for all of them. We will all miss her forever.
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