Herbert S. Ford Jr. of Kennedyville, Md. Died on Friday April 22, 2011 in the Washington Hospital Center, Washington D.C. He was 90 years old.
Mr. Ford was the son of the late Herbert S Ford Sr. and Lola Harrison Ford.
Mr. Ford farmed his entire life. He was a member of the Kent County Farm Bureau, and the Shrewsbury Episcopal Church, Kennedyville, MD. Mr. Ford enjoyed gardening, hunting and traveling. For a number of years Mr. Ford was a sales representative for the Gutwein and Garst seed companies. In his earlier years, Mr. Ford enjoyed boating and fishing.
Mr. Ford is survived by his wife of 63 years, E. Jane Taylor Ford, Daughter, Shelley Hartmann of Farmington Missouri, and son Herbert S. Ford III and his wife Dawn of Kennedyville, MD. Grandchildren, Christopher Hartmann and his wife Maria, Paul Ford, Elizabeth Hartmann and Brent Ford. Sisters Harriett Bowen of Carey North Carolina and Catherine Ayers of Chestertown, Md.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday April 26th, 2011 at 11am in the Shrewsbury Episcopal Church, Kennedyville, Md. The family will receive friends after 10am in the Parish Hall at Shrewsbury.
Interment will follow the services in the adjoining churchyard cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions in his memory to the Shrewsbury Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 187, Kennedyville, Md. 21645
Arrangements by the Fellows Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home
Millington, MD.
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