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Colleen Ford

Colleen Ford


Colleen Ford, 80, of Meridian, died Saturday, December 31, 2011 in a Meridian hospital of natural causes.

At Colleen’s request, no services will be held.  Arrangements are under the direction of the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel & Crematory.

Colleen was born on April 2, 1931 in Flat River, Missouri, the daughter of Margaret Williams Gallagher and Jack Gallagher.  She graduated from Cliff High School in Cliff, New Mexico in 1949.  On October 13, 1950, Colleen married Donald W. Ford in Hurley, New Mexico.  They lived around Silver City, NM until moving to Meridian, ID in 1996.

Colleen worked for Mountain Bell Telephone Company in Silver City, NM and for the town of Hurley, NM.

Her special interests were reading, golfing, oil painting and jigsaw puzzles.

Survivors include her spouse, Donald, of 61 years;  daughter, Linda Perkins and her spouse, Marv, of Meridian;  granddaughter, Brianna Stafford, and her spouse, Jake, of Meridian;  and sisters, Fay Pierce and Betty Bierner, both of Albuquerque, NM.  She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, John Dinwiddie.

Memorials are suggested to The Idaho Humane Society, the Women’s & Children’s Alliance of Boise, ID, Ronald McDonald House, or a charity of your choice.
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