Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Ford, Robert Edwin June 11, 1987
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The Dalles Weekly Reminder,  June 26, 1987
     Robert Edwin Ford, 74, died June 11 while on a tour in England.  He was a 
resident of The Dalles since 1918.
     Mr. Ford was born in Centralia, Wash., on Aug. 14, 1912.  He worked as a 
brakeman for Union Pacific Railroad for 35 years prior to his retirement.   He 
was a member of Union Pacific Old Timers and a veteran of World War II.  His 
wife, Hope Ford, preceded him in death in 1983.
     He is survived by three sons, Jerry Stanley Ford of Pendleton, Robert 
William Ford of The Dalles, and Stephen Allen Ford of San Diego; a daughter, 
Jo Lynne Latimer of San Antonio; six grandchildren; three sisters, Kathleen 
Engbertson of Seattle, Elizabeth Ann Thomas of The Dalles and Jane Mather of 
Vallejo, Calif.
     Graveside funeral services were held at Parklawn Cemetery.  Memorials are 
suggested to the Hope Ford Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of Mid-Columbia 
Health Foundation.  Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home was in charge of 
arrangements.

Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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