Age 99, died peacefully at Walker Methodist Westwood Ridge, West St. Paul.  Lonelle Ward graduated from Central High School in 1939 and went to work at Montgomery Wards in the Midway.  She married and become full-time mother to six children.  She started a career in real estate while the children were still in school, working for Spring and Edina Real Estate Companies and was a top sales person.

When she retired at 72, she started swimming at the YMCA and taking senior trips around the country. She loved to travel, visiting Barbara while she lived in California and her sister Kathryn in Connecticut.  She especially enjoyed senior services at St. James Lutheran church.

She was an extrovert, social person who talked to everyone, everywhere.

She is survived by her children, daughter Barbara Dröher Kline (John), son Ronald Dröher (Linda), son Richard Dröher (Jerry), daughter Lisa Bah (Doug), daughter Gale Dunn (Jeffrey), daughter-in-law Phyllis Dröher, grandchildren Allison Neaton (Jeff), Eric Dröher (Melissa), Ronnie Dröher, Lauren Bah (Paul), Kirsten Reitzammer (Shane), Miranda  Gunter (Dylan), MacKenzey Dunn (Jamiroquai), and six great grandchildren Ella, Audrey, Hattie, Sophie, Violet, JP.

She was preceded in death by her eldest son, Paul Dröher, her husband Gil Crawford, her sister Kathryn Damato.

Special thanks to all the staff at Westwood in Ridge who took excellent care of her and whom she felt were her family as well.

Her memorial service will be at St. James Lutheran Church, 480 Annapolis Street, W. St. Paul. Private burial will be at Union Cemetery in White Bear Lake.  Memorials can be directed to the senior programs at St. James Lutheran church or Walker Methodist Westwood, 1 Thompson Avenue, W. St. Paul.