Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  ROLAND R. FORD

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::Osage Gardens Cemetery--Skiatook OK

ROLAND R. FORD

OCNS - September 8, 2000 - Roland R. Ford, 87, of Skiatook, Oklahoma, 
passed away in his home on Wednesday, September 6.

Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 9, at Immanuel 
Baptist Chruch in Skiatook with Mr. Paul Mitts and Mr. Jerald Freeman 
officiating. Interment will follow in The Osage Garden Cemetery, Skiatook, 
under the direction of Sien-Shelton Funeral Home.

Mr. Ford was born August 28, 1913 in Stigler, Oklahoma where he was raised 
and received his education. He married Lena Mae Taylor on December 6, 1930 
and she preceded him in death in 1977. He later married Dorothy Mae Freeman 
on March 10, 1978 in Skiatook.

Mr. Ford lived in Skiatook for thirty-five years and was active in the 
community including being a member of the Church of The Nazarene and then 
of the Immanuel Baptist Church. He was very involved with establishing and 
taping the television broadcasts of the Immanuel Baptist Church Sunday 
Services.

He was well known throughout the area for his work in the antique business, 
both sales and refinishing. For many years prior to that, he was in the 
grocery business in Skiatook as well as several Oklahoma cities including 
Seminole where he owned his own grocery store.

Mr. Ford was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and his 
first wife, Lena, the mother of his two children.

Mr. Ford will be greatly missed and is survived by his wife, Dorothy Mae 
Ford of the home; two children, Charles Ford and his wife, Lou of Memphis, 
Tennessee and Yvonne Matthews and her husband, Matt of Phoenix, Arizona; 
four step-children, Janie Martin and husband, Roger of Pinson, Alabama; 
Jerald Freeman and wife Dixie; Larry Freeman and wife, Linda; Paul Freeman 
and wife Carol, all of Skiatook; fifteen grandchildren, twenty-nine great 
grandchildren and one brother, Ray Ford and wife, Pam of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Casket Escorts for the services will be: Richard Barnes, Fred Beyl, Jerry 
Don Shannon, Gene Jones, Dan Griffin and Rick Collins.

Music will be performed by Charles and Margaret Carver.

Services and interment will be under the direction of Sien-Shelton Funeral 
Home.