Submitted by
Vicki Ebert

Rites Wednesday For Ira Walter Ford, 81

Funeral services for Ira Walter Ford, 81 who died at his home at 522 North Main Monday night at 9, will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the Roberts funeral home chapel.
Dr. Harry M. Roark will officiate. Mr. Ford retired hardware merchant, moved to Blackwell from Kansas City 44 years ago.
He was born Dec 26, 1868, in Riverside, Iowa.
Survivors include three daughters, Edith M. Curran, Mae Ainsworth and Bess Ford Courtner, all of Blackwell; three brothers, Linus Ford and Jess Ford of Blackwell and Fred Ford of Blackwell, three grandchildren and d2 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in the IOOF cemetery.