Thomas Delos Ward, Wyoming Game Warden, World War II Veteran, and author, passed away on Friday in Casper, Wyo. He was 92.
He was born on Nov. 28, 1921 in Burns, Wyo., the son of Fred J. Ward Sr., a homesteader turned town marshal, and Georgia F. Thompson, a schoolteacher.
Tom, one of nine children, divided his time between attending school in Saratoga and working on the family homestead during the summer. In later years, Tom's stories of his childhood would describe a world of hard work, adventures on the river and "running wild in the sagebrush" with evenings spent gathered around his mot...
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