Arthur Ward Dekoster

Arthur Ward DeKoster, 71, of Spanaway, Washington, formerly of the Quad-Cities, passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Washington, on Friday March 7, 2014.

Services are 1:30 P.M. Monday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline. Burial is in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline. Visitation is from 11:30 a.m. to funeral time on Monday. Memorials may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Ward was born Sept. 16, 1942, served in the U. S. Army as a Spec 4 stationed in Korea, and
was a Tool and Die Maker for J.I. Case, Bettendorf, and Boeing in St. Louis and Seattle. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Bettendorf, and became Grand Worshipful Master at the Masonic Lodge in Tacoma, WA.

Survivors include his wife Edith DeKoster; children and spouses, Gregory and Jeannine DeKoster and Ginette and Russell Caswell; grandchildren, Rebecca and Nichole DeKoster, and Calvin, Caitlin, and Cayla Caswell; a brother, Daniel DeKoster; and a sister, Linda Stout. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hallie Six and Arthur DeKoster, and his first wife Janet Fuller DeKoster.

Ward's family invites friends to share stories and condolences and light a candle in his memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.