Alice BazeALTON inAlice Pearl Baze, 90, for- II merly of Walkerville and D Hillview, died Monday, Oct.16, 2006, at Eldercare a^Nursing Home in Alton. DShe was born April 13, vi 1916, in Walkerville, the te daughter of Joshua James s« and Bessie Elizabeth elt; (Pence) Ward. ^She married Charlie A Baze Dec 9, 1933, in Hillview n and he died June 25, 2001. si She was a farm wife, A helping her husband on a their farm near Walkerville. She enjoyed v fishing with her husband, c and gardening and canning s her produce. She especially loved when her grandchil- £ dren and great-grandchil- ® dren came to visit. tSurviving are five sons, Charlie Baze of Dumas, . Texas, James Baze of Alton, j Tim Baze of Alton, Robert Baze of Hardin, and Jack Baze of Brighton; three . daughters, Doris “Dottie” j Harbison of Wood River,’ Joella Baze of Hardin and Geneva Duff of Eddyville, Ky.; 30 grandchildren and 1 many great- and great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Loren Ward of Wood River “ and Paul Ward of Bethalto;B and two sisters, Lillian : Kirgan of White Hall andDella “Sis” Betz of Alton.Besides her husband, she s was preceded in death by n her parents; a son, Vernon H. Baze; two brothers,“ Lorenzo Ward and Leonard lt Ward; and a sister, Hilda 0 McGlasson Coates.Visitation will be from noon until time of funeral services at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in White Hall.Burial will be in the 5) Walkerville Cemetery. jy Memorials are suggested5 to the Walkerville Baptist m Church, where she was a in longtime member. re Condolences may be left•al online at www.airsman-hires.com.