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Obituary:

FORD - In Santa Cruz, California, August 19, 1981. Mrs. Irene Ford. Survived by one sister, Olive Silveira of Santa Cruz; one son, Melvin Ford of Santa Cruz; four grandchildren, Tony Ford of Santa Cruz, Janet Read of Santa Cruz, Linda Strite of S. Lake Tahoe and John Ford of Springfield, Oregon. Also survived by six great-grandchildren. Native of Nebraska, aged 82 years. Member of American Legion Auxiliary, and Companions of Forestry. A resident of Santa Cruz, since 1975.

Services were conducted at Wiggins Funeral Home, Vallejo, Saturday, August 22, 1981 at 11:00 a.m. Interment in Sunrise Cemetery.

(Published in The Santa Cruz Sentinel on August 23, 1981)

Irene married Ernest Pinkney Ford 29 Jan 1918, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA. Ernest (son of Pinkney Franklin Ford and Beaetta Laura Hamlin) was born 16 Jan 1893, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, USA; died 7 Sep 1979, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA; was buried 12 Sep 1979, Sunrise Memorial Cemetery - Vallejo, California, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Melvin Ernest Ford was born 27 Jul 1920, Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA; died 21 May 1988, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA; was buried 26 May 1988, Oakwood Memorial Park - Santa Cruz, California, USA.