The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., February 8, 2001, page 16

MARGARET FORD

     Margaret Ford died on Feb. 4, 2001, in Portland, Ore.
     A funeral mass will be held on Thursday. Feb. 8, 2001, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in White Salmon.
     A full obituary will appear in next week's paper.

The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., February 15, 1901, page 16

MARGARET FORD

     Margaret G. Ford, a former White Salmon area resident, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001, in Portland, Ore., at the age of 90.
     Mrs. Ford was born in New York and adopted as a small child. She moved to Nebraska and was raised there. On October 21, 1935, she married Harry Ford in Atkinson, Neb. They moved to Vancouver to work in the Kaiser Shipyards during World War II.
     There the couple built ships together and Mrs. Ford became a master welder. The couple later moved to the Glenwood/White Salmon area, where they lived the rest of their lives.
     Mrs. Ford loved flowers and vegetable gardening. She grew and canned her own food and supplied her whole family with produce.
     Mrs. Ford is survived by daughters Nadine Carr, White Salmon, and Jackie Pellegrini, Portland, Ore.; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Harry in 1990.
     A Mass of Christian Burial was held Feb. 8, 2001, at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in White Salmon, with Father Ronald Maag officiating. Vault interment was at White Salmon Cemetery.
     Arrangements were handled by Gardner Funeral Home of White Salmon.

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