Richard C. 'Sam' Ford
Richard C. "Sam" Ford, 89,
formerly of 2633 S. Kansas, salesman with the Jewel Tea Co. for 20
years, retiring in 1967, died Sunday (Nov. 15, 1998) at Friendly
Acres Retirement Community.
He was born June 10, 1909, in Nimmon,
Ark., to C.C. and Mary Ella (Hill) Ford. He married Alice Williams
Aug. 1, 1945, in Newton. She survives of Newton.
He was a member of the First Baptist
Church in Newton.
Other survivors include: two sons,
James R. Ford of Wichita and John C. Ford of Newton; two daughters,
Phyllis Gerstberger of Tulorose, N.M., and Jodi Ford of East Dennis,
Mass.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by three brothers, one sister and one
granddaughter.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Alden
Dick from First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the
Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call until 9 p.m. today at Broadway
Colonial Funeral Home.
Memorials have been established with
Central Homecare and Hospice in care of the funeral home.
