Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-07-14
NEWARK MOURNS
The DEATH Of
DR.. LESLIE WARD
Insurance Men, Bankers and
Merchants Say City, State and
Country Has Sustained Loss.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
HELD IN LONDON TODAY
Was Kindly, Generous, Anliable
Man, with Hand Ever Out
stretched TO Help.

The body of DR.. Leslie D. Ward, who
died in a hotel in London. England, yes
terday afternoon. will probably be sent
to this country on the steamer Cam
pania, of the Cunard line. which sails
On Saturday.
Jacob g. Ward, brother of tho doc
tor, said this morning that a German
steamer sails today from an English
port, but he thought the body would not
be ready for it. He also said that he
had not heard today from Leslie P.
Ward, who was with his father from
the time he was taken violently Ill, on
July 6, until he died.
Religious services were held in Lon
don today for DR.. Ward. The arrange
ments were in charge of Frank E.
Munsey and Judge Gary, of the Ameri-
can Steel Company, friends of DR..
Ward.
Mrs. Ward and a son, Herbert E.
Ward, are buried at Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery In the Ward plot.
It is estimated that the value of DR..
Wards personal property is between
$4,000, 600 and $1O0OO,O0o.
A Prudential officer said today that
the question of who may succeed DR..
Ward as first vice. president of the
company will not be considered until
after the funeral. DIR. Ward orga hized
the field force, an army Of men and
women, and directed 1t for years. For
rest r. Dryden is now in charge of the
fierce. 1t is believed that a member of
The medical staff Will succeed DIR.
Ward as chief medical officer.
Yesterday morning friends of DR..
Ward were buoyed by cable messages
from London that there was hope OF his
recovery. but he had not regained con-
seriousness, and later the EVENING
STAR printed a cablegram from Lon
don stating that pneumonia had set in
and that the attending physicians had
given UP hope. In late edition of the
STAR the death of DR.. Ward was an
nounced, and the news was put on the
bulletin board. Hundreds of men and
women stopped and read the bulletin.
Many said his death was great loss to
Newark and the State
His Death Public Loss.
F'5nanciers, insurance men and MEM
bers of clubs. societies and associations
of which DR.. Ward was a member said
they felt that his death was a personal
as we'll as a public loss. Bank men
spoke of him in the highest terms as a
flnancier, of his fine executive abilities,
of his sound judgment in busxness and
the great work he did in the life in
surance world, ard of his success as a
physician before he gave up the prac-
tise of his profession and devoted his
time and abilities to the Prudential In
surance Company.
David II. Merritt. president of the
National Newark Banking Company.
who had known DIR. Ward for many
years. said: "The death of DIR. Ward is
a great loss to our city, to the insttu-
tions with which he was connected,
the charities to which he was liberal
contributor and to the great host of
intimate friends he had. He was a
steadfast and loyal friend. He had
such a genial and kindly nature that
everybody liked him, and heads of de-
partments and the agents and the em-
ployees who knew him knew that in
him they had friend. He was good
banking man, and took an active part
in every movement to benefit Newark
and its people"
Joseph w. Plume. president of the
Manufacturers National Bank, said:
''Dr. Ward was a good man in every
sense. He was a good citizen, good
American. a good soldier in the Civil
War. a good friend, and his loss viii
be felt in all classes of our COM
munfty.''
Had Ready Grasp of Financial Affairs.
William Scheerer, president of the
Union National Bank was intimately
associated with Dr. Ward. who was a
director and vice-president of the bank.
He said:
1,rhe death Of DR.. Ward is great
personal loss to me. His Judgment as
a bank mamie readily grasped every
financial situation. and was always
ready with good advice. He was very
and remarkably successful as life
insurance man. He was hard worker
He took an active part in any move
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