Ford Rites Saturday

Mrs. Lucille M. Ford, 81, a resident of Littlerock for the past 17 years, died Tuesday morning at an Olympia nursing home after a brief illness.

Mrs. Ford, a longtime resident of Centralia, was born Jan. 22, 1880, in Kansas. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, Centralia, and a former member of the Altar society of that church.

Survivors include a son, Bernard H. Hoon, San Francisco; three brothers, John Goebel, Skookumchuck Valley; Fred W. Goebel, Centralia, and Leo Goebel, Seattle; three sisters, Mrs. Sophia Nall, Dodge City, Kan.; Mrs. Rose DeSmith, Issaquah, and Mrs. Magdalina Wease, Winlock, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Rosary is 7:45 p.m., Friday, at St. Mary's church, with reqiem [sic] mass to be said by the Rev. Edmond Kearney at 10 a.m., Saturday, at the church. Interment will be at Greenwood Memorial park under the direction of the Sticklin Funeral home, Centralia.


Source: The Daily Chronicle, Thursday, 23 Feb 1961, p. 14.

Transcribed by Jenny Tenlen.