Event Date : Friday, June 19, 1964
Event Type : Death
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Community : West Gwillimbury
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Description : Mr. Arthur Ford passed away at the Bond Haven Nursing Home on Friday, June 19, 1964. Mr. Ford had been in poor health since his wife died on August 31, 1963.He was born in England on August 25, 1884, the son of Thomas and Emily Ford. He and his brother, Albert, came to Canada in 1904, where they worked for farmers and later on bought a farm on the 4th
Concession of West Gwillimbury. He returned twice to his homeland, once in 1913, to marry Bertha Mercer, and later he and his wife returned for a vacation.His wife Bertha died in 1945 and the next year Mr. Ford married Mrs. Hudson and sold his farm and moved to Schomberg, where he lived until he became ill.Mr. Ford is survived by one brother and four sisters in England and five step-children in Canada.The funeral was held on June 22 at the Anderson Funeral Home, Tottenham, and the services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Elliott of the United Church in Schomberg. The interment was in the Bond Head Cemetery.The pallbearers were Alex McKeen, Ed. Wood, Sinclair MacDonald, Russel Grant, Bill Baynes and John Grimsby.