- Date Of Birth: February 24, 1938
- Date Of Death: August 17, 2012
- State: Iowa
Judith Ann Ford was born on February 24, 1938 in Russell, Iowa to Ivan and Kathleen (Scott) Ford. She passed away on August 17, 2012 at the age of 74 at the Chariton Nursing and Rehab Center from complications of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). As a child, Judy and her family moved briefly to Calloway, Nebraska and to Webster City, Iowa, but spent most of her life in Russell, Iowa.
She worked at the Lucas County Extension Office until she became a mother to her three children, Teresa, Toni and Todd.
Judy collected antique glassware, liked to mow her yard and looked forward to fall when she could pick up acorns for the DNR.
Proceeding Judy in death were her parents and sister, Marilyn Palmer.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Dean, her children, Teresa (Lyle) Ernst, Toni (Danny) Reynolds, and Todd (Shelly) Chapman, her brother, Gary (Norma) Ford, brother-in-law, Cecil Palmer, sister-in-law, Karen Werts, an aunt, Josephine Reed, and her nine grandchildren: Erin and Logan Ernst, Breanne, Drew and Alec Reynolds, Jackie and Jake Chapman and Drew and Danica Derringer and her nieces and nephews.
Judy had a strong faith in God and was not afraid of dying. She was very apprehensive about what she would have to endure if her disease progressed. She was blessed to be taken home to heaven peacefully and quickly.
