Edmund F. Ford

Edmund F. Ford died peacefully April 21, after a brief illness. He was born in 1918, to Ernest and Beulah (Gardner) Ford in Hanson. Edmund graduated from Whitman High School and Wentworth Institute. He was a printer for many years at the Hingham Journal. After his retirement, he and Marie had a home business doing and teaching chair seating to over 700 adult education students in the area. He was a Little League coach, a member of the Scituate Historical Society, the Satuit Masonic Lodge for 70 years, St. Stephens and St. Lukes churches, and was an Army veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Marie (Wilder) Ford; and their children, Marsha and Richard Silvia of Cohasset, Sandra and Michael Farrer of Hopedale, Darrell Ford of Durham, N.H., Wayne and Terri Ford of Bradenton, Fla., Brian and Monica Ford of Salmon, Idaho, and Margie Ford of Rochester, N.H. He also leaves 12 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at St. Lukes Episcopal Church in Scituate, June 7, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. Lukes Church Memorial Garden Fund or the Scituate Food Pantry.