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Ford, Roy DeWitt CARLSBAD -- Roy DeWitt Ford passed away December 26, 2013, with family at his side. He was born in Hanford, California in January 1911. Roy attended Yale Divinity School, graduating in 1936. The following year he was appointed to the Southern California- Arizona Conference of the Methodist Church. Roy served as a Methodist minister for the next 41 years. He married his wife, Andeen, in 1958. Roy retired from the ministry in 1974 and moved to Vista, California, where he opened North County Counseling (marriage and family therapy) as a second career. He finally retired in 1991 and continued his ten year stint volunteering at Tri City Hospital in Oceanside. Roy is survived by Andeen, his wife of 55 years, as well as his six children: Marcia Galland, Lawrence Ford, Richard Buntin, Janis Torsey, David Ford, Mark Ford. A memorial service will be held in Roy's honor at the San Dieguito Methodist Church in Encinitas on what would have been his 103rd birthday, Sunday, January 19. Roy's family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to The Sierra Club Foundation in memory of Roy Ford. Mailing address is The Sierra Club Foundation, 85 Second St., 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

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Published by San Diego Union-Tribune on Jan. 7, 2014.

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January 18, 2014

Roy Ford was one of the most special people I have ever had the pleasure of working with. I went to counseling in Vista because I was told how compassionate he was and easy to talk to. I had taken on two boys from my husbands first marriage, and was having a very difficult time, and Roy Ford helped me so much, not only with raising the boys, but with learning to believe in myself. I wished I had taken the time to get in touch with him and let him know he was one of the very most influential people I have ever known. He would have wanted to know also that my husband and I had 2 more children, girls, and have a very close family after 45 years of marriage. My very best to the family of a very special man. Carilyn Vice

January 9, 2014

Dearest Andeen, How well we remember Roy and what a delightful man he was. A quiet gentleness about him with such a fun sense of humor. So very caring about others. Our thoughts are with you and your family.
Love, Cathy and Dave Johnson

January 8, 2014

Hi Andeen & family,
I recall fondly our lunches with Mac Hartley & you guys at the Casa. Roy was a true delight to know & trade stories with, a class person. Know you will miss him.
Joe & Mary Plassmeyer
Encinitas

January 7, 2014

Dear Andeen,

Please accept my deepest sympathies on you loss. Remember Roy well and treasure your memories. memories. was my mentor in the Auxilary.

Sincerely,
Mary Webster
Former lab chair, TCMC Aux.

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