Lisa Anne Ward

Lisa Anne Hegner Ward, a Montauk woman who was devoted to her church, her children’s schools, and to East Hampton High School’s basketball teams, died at home on Feb. 5. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with cancer just five months ago.

Ms. Ward was born on Sept. 20, 1962, to Ray and Bonnie Archer Hegner. She attended the Montauk School, East Hampton High School, Syracuse University, and received a Long Island University bachelor’s degree, having attended its Southampton campus.

She and John B. Ward were married on June 18, 1987, and she joined him at John Ward Plumbing and Heating. He survives.

Ms. Ward was on the Montauk School Board, president of the Montauk PTA, and a deacon of the Montauk Community Church. A supporter of both boys and girls basketball teams, she was often seen at games in which her son, Hayden Ward, now of Binghamton, N.Y., and daughter, Ryann Ward, of Montauk, played. They survive, as do two sisters, Laura Hegner of Patchogue and Bonnie Jean Hegner of Montauk.

Plans for a memorial had not been announced by press time.