Obit of Ford, Aubrey Neal - Delaware County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Howard Grisso   19 Feb 2006
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::Eagle Point National Cemetery--OR

Surnames: FORD, Cochran, Forseth

Originally posted at:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hYB.2ACE/374

From Medford (OR) Mail Tribune 01 AUG 2001

The graveside service for Aubrey Neal Ford will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at
Eagle Point National Cemetery.

Mr. Ford, 75, of Central Point, died Saturday (July 28, 2001) at Rogue
Valley Medical Center.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, c/o
Order of the Eastern Star Nevita Chapter No. 93, 3365 Snowy Butte Lane,
Central Point, OR 97502.

He was born June 2, 1926, in Kansas, Okla., a son of Floyd and Eliza
(Cochran) Ford. On Feb. 8, 1974, in Reno, Nev., he married Helen Beverly
Forseth, who survives. They moved to the Rogue Valley 15 years ago from
Pinole, Calif.

Mr. Ford was a switchman with Southern Pacific Railroad, retiring after 37
years.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theater. He
was captured during the Battle of the Bulge and later returned to active
service. He was awarded a Bronze Star and the Croix de Guerre, a French
military decoration for gallant action in war.

Mr. Ford was a member of the Jackson County Horsemen, Boston Terrier Club
of America, Bear Creek Greenway Equestrian Association, Boston Terrier
Club of Portland, and the First Baptist Church in Central Point.

Friends may pay their respects from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Central Valley
Cremation and Funeral Care, Central Point.
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