CHARLES
FORD
Funeral services for Charles
Ford, 94 of Loveland, Colorado formerly of Aurelia will be 10:30
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at the First United Methodist Church in
Aurelia, with Pastor Kathy Kluis officiating. Burial will be in the
Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Aurelia. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4:00
P.M. to 8:00 P.M. with the family being present from 6:30 – 8:00 at the
Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia.
Charles Ford was born October 16, 1911, at the Storm Lake farm home in
Sac County, Iowa, to Hugh Harris and Martha Jane (Crowley) Ford. He
attended and graduated from the Hayes School.
Charles played baseball with the
Storm Lake White Caps. He was involved in farming on the family farm as
a very young man.
On January 26, 1935, Charles was
united in marriage to Marian Mandeville in Ida Grove. Together they
farmed and raised their children on farms near Alta and Aurelia, Iowa.
In 1970 Charles and Marian moved
west to Loveland, Colorado. He worked in maintenance with the Loveland
school system before his retirement. For many years they enjoyed
traveling to visit family and friends. Marian passed away March 22,
2004.
On Wednesday April 12, 2006,
Charles passed away at home and was transferred to life eternal with
Jesus. Awaiting him there are his precious wife Marian; his parents,
Hugh and Martha Ford; his brothers, Leslie, Clarence and Donald; his
sisters, baby Lenora, Margaret Rix and Mariann Keitges.
Left here to mourn their loss
but celebrate Charles’ life of example are his and Marian’s children:
Dennis Ford of Sioux Falls, SD; Charles and his wife Lynette Ford of
Loveland, CO; David and his wife Margaret Ford of Dalton, MN; Ann and
her husband Robert Peterson of Aurelia, IA; Bonnie and her husband Don
Steffens of Waukon, IA; Marilyn and her husband Fred Oleson of Brown
Deer, WI; 21 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; one sister-in-law,
Margaret Mandeville of Grand Junction, CO; and many nieces, nephews,
friends and neighbors.
