Miriam Elaine (Black) Ford
Marriages
Blaine Ford - March 28, 1942
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 11B - February 3, 2013
Miriam Elaine Ford
September 23, 1920 – January 23, 2013
Miriam Elaine Ford passed away
peacefully at her home on Tuesday,
January 23, 2013.
S h e w a s t h e l o v i n g w i f e o f
Blaine D. Ford, and mother of
Kenneth (Pam) Ford, Longmont,
C O ; R o n a l d ( C a r o l y n ) F o r d ,
G r a n d J u n c t i o n , C O ; J a n e t
(Mickey) Hunter, Castle Rock,
CO; Ellen (Mark) Ostrand, Chandler,
AZ; grandmother to Kelsey, Ashley, Brittany, Cody, and Keelan,
and she had three great-grandchildren.
Elaine was born September 23, 1920, in Huntington, UT to Ella
and Perry Black. She is preceded in death by her parents, and sister,
Afton Filko. She is survived by her husband, Blaine; sisters, L a-
Verne Brady, Grand Junction, CO, and Colleen Gower, Westminster,
CO, and brothers, Perry Blair Black, Grand Junction, CO, and
Jerry Black, Mancos, CO.
Elaine moved to Grand Junction her senior year of high school and
attended Mesa College where she met Blaine. They were married on
March 28, 1942 and were inseparable for 70 wonderful years. Elaine
had a wonderful passion for life and love for her family. Elain e’s
most joyous times were family gatherings where she always displayed
her genuine love for baking and preparing meals for all the
family. Some of her additional interests as a homemaker were se wing,
painting, bridge, dancing, and reading. No one could beat her at
Scrabble!
Elaine’s love, tenderness, elegance, sweet wink and endearing
smile will be missed so much, but remembered forever.
A memorial service for Elaine will be held on Saturday, Febru ary
9, at 1:00 p.m. at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be mad e to
Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado.
