Rachel M. Ward

Ward, (Moore, Bush, Brotherton)) Rachel M., 97 of Springfield went home to be with her Lord on April 30, 2022, she was born in Given, W.Va., the daughter of Early J. and Gracie (Stephens) Moore.  The family moved to Ohio in 1954.  Rachel worked for the Rustic Inn and Howard Johnsons and then on to Carpenter Lithographers and later to Otterbein Press in Dayton.  She retired in 1984, when she and her brother Boyd Moore moved to Florida.  She became a part time security guard and carried a gun on her hip at the age 80.  Rachel and her brother were known for their doll making abilities known as Rachel’s Rascals.  She moved back to Ohio in 2012.  Rachel was a member of the Harmony Missionary Baptist Church, United Senior Services, and a lifetime member of the VFW.  In her spare time, she enjoyed square dancing with the El’ Salvador Square dancing group in Springfield.  Survivors include her daughter Karen (Bush) Humerick; son Greg (Karen) Brotherton; sister Margaret Manning; grandchildren Rob Humerick, Jodi (Chris) Tatman, Sr. and William (Tasha) Brotherton; great-grandchildren Tyler Humerick, Colton (Paige) Sullivan, Scarlet and Zane Brotherton and Chris & Michael Tatman; great-great-grandchildren Jaxtyn, Annberlyn, and Madilynn Humerick, Benjamin and Eli Sullivan, and Freyja Tatman; numerous nieces and nephews;  Rachel was preceded in death by her parents; infant twin daughters Gracie and Edna; brothers Boyd, Ralph, and Charles Moore; sister Mary Nowlin and grandson Boyd Gregory Brotherton.  Services to honor Rachel will be Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 2:00PM in the RICHARDS, RAFF & DUNBAR MEMORIAL HOME with Pastor Clayton Brooks officiating.  Family and friends may call beginning at 1:00PM.  Entombment will be in Rose Hill Mausoleum.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Harmony Missionary Baptist Church or the Ohio Hospices.  Expressions of sympathy may be made at  Sullivan www.richardsraffanddunbar.com .