Richard Hamilton "Kip" Ward died a Friday, February 16, 2018 at Union Hospital in Elkton. He was 69. He was born on March 13, 1948 in Woodbury New Jersey, to Herbert Hamilton Ward and Kathryn Summerill Ward, and was the second of five children. With his father serving in the Navy, Mr. Ward and his family traveled both in the states and abroad. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a soccer scholarship and received a degree in "Creative Writing, Religion and Art," created especially for him. After graduation, Mr. Ward worked in the Athletic Department at UNC, promoting the non-revenue sports at Carolina – Kip was a Tar Heel through and through. He co-founded in 1972, along with Victoria Brawley, Rainbow Soccer a recreational soccer league that is still in operation today. The friendship and bonds formed at Rainbow endure. In his Rainbow world, you didn’t keep score, everyone was a winner and what was important was being in the game. In the 70s, Mr. Ward directed the Rainbow Soccer Camp, an instructional summer camp in which college athletes and experienced players taught “the beautiful game’’ to youth. Throughout his life Mr. Ward was engaged passionately in community organizations and enterprises including the Rotary Club, Elk River Yacht Club in Maryland, the Loom Press in Chapel Hill and Order of the Golden Fleece, the oldest and highest honorary society at UNC. He had an innate genius for promotion, for Rainbow Soccer and UNC sports teams, as a successful campaign manager for a candidate for Cecil County Circuit Judge, and most recently as co-owner and caregiver for T-Ward Homecare.
He spent many years in London, England, but finally decided to settle down in Elkton, with his wife, Donna Tamayo-Ward. Along with Donna, he is survived by his daughters, Alessandra Starr Ward, Katy Tamayo, Beth Tamayo, son-in-law TJ Sanders and grandchildren, Zachary Tamayo, Jayden Sanders and Riley Sanders as well as his brothers Herbert Henry Ward IV and Joseph Summerill Ward. A celebrations of his life is being held in Maryland on April 7, 2018, at St Mary Annes Episcopal Church in North East at 11 a.m. One was held in Carrboro, North Carolina, at the Art Center on Sunday March 11. Memorial contributions may be made to youcaring.com in the name of Richard "Kip" Ward. Comments are closed.
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