Dolores Irene Dunivant Vogt Ward transitioned peacefully of natural causes on 01/12/2025 in Indian Wells California.
Wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Dolores leaves behind sons Steven, David, David and Donald and daughters Nancy and Kathy, as well as several grandchildren and great grand children.
Dolores was daughter to Fedd and Willie Dunivant and sister to Robert Dunivant. She was born and raised in Southern California where she attended Montebello High School, UCLA and California State University Long Beach.
She earned her Bachelors degree. She loved her profession as aHigh School teacher and tennis coach at Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton California. She retired to Friendly Hills in Whittier California where she was active in many Bridge groups and the East Whittier Women’s Club.
Dolores married Louis Vogt whom she met in Montebello during her high school years. They were married 13 years and in that time moved to the San Diego area.
She and Lou had sons David and Steven. After Dolores and Lou separated, she and the kids moved back to Whittier to be closer to her parents.
In 1967, Dolores met Richard Ward after being introduced by mutual friends at a tennis match. Richard was a recent widower with 5 children, sons Steven, David, and Donald and daughters Nancy and Kathy. The score of the match was Love Love, and after a short courtship, the two were married the same year. They settled as a family in Uptown Whittier California. The two would live happily married in Whittier for 52 years. Aptly described as his sweetheart, she was that and so much more. As a pair, they taught their children by example how to care for one another in sickness, keep spirits high in troubled times, and to focus on one another’s strengths while gracefully forgiving their weaknesses. So many cherished memories were created in the household they built together.
The Wards forged strong ties to the Whittier community.
Six of seven of their children graduated from Whittier High School, Richard was an active volunteer with the Whittier YMCA and Red Cross, and Dolores made many friends as an active member of the East Whittier Women’s Club.
Richard transitioned peacefully in 2020 after battling cancer from being exposed to asbestos. Dolores remained by herself in the family home for aslong as she could manage. She eventually moved to Oakmont Fullerton and then to a private facility in Indian Wells.
Dolores will be interned with her father Fedd in Rose Hills Memorial Park. Surrounded by family, she was 91 when she transitioned.