Gloria J. Ward, 77 of Edwardsville, passed away Tuesday morning, April 12, 2016 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Born at home in Wilkes-Barre, she was the daughter of the late Edward J. and Isabelle A. (Howlan) Jones.

Gloria was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School, Wilkes-Barre, Class of 1956, and was Miss Parade of Progress in 1960. She was a member of St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre.

She was preceded in death by her first husband Martin Mooney, her second husband Richard “Dick” Ward, daughter Renee Carr on July 25, 2011, brothers Robert Jones on January 19, 2006, and Donald Jones on August 7, 2011.

Surviving are her Son Joseph Mooney and his wife Shelia, Warrior Run, Grandchildren Peter Carr, Megan, Joey and Abbey Mooney, Brother Edward Jones, Wilkes-Barre, nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be held Friday, April 15, 2016 at 9:00 am at the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 South Main Street Plains, PA 18705, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 am in St. Nicholas Church, 226 South Washington Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Interment will be held in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Twp., PA 18706. Family and friends may call Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children´s Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105.