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Marlene M. (Boss) Ford (1998)

BOSS, CROW, FLANDER, FORD, HORN, JOYNES, LEMKE

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 6/18/2006 at 14:38:05

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 3, 1998

Marlene M. Ford, Dexter

Marlene M. Ford, 61, of Dexter died of cancer May 27, 1998, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

Memorial services were held Monday, June 1, at the Community Building on the Winterset Fairgrounds with the Rev. Richard W. Harbart officiating. Special services were conducted by the Pythian Sisters Temple No. 105 of Winterset.

Marlene Ford was born May 14, 1937 in Adair County to Andrew John and Marie (Lemke) Boss. She attended schools in the Stuart and Menlo areas, graduating from Menlo High School in 1955. She married Howard Ford on Jan. 1, 1956.

She, along with her husband and family, was a lifelong farmer and grain harvester. Marlene also was a member of the Des Moines Fiddle Club and the Pythian Sisters Temple No. 105 of Winterset. She served as Grand Chief of the Grand Temple of Iowa in 1996-97 and was currently serving as the Sitting Past Grand Chief. Camp Courageous, a year-round recreational and respite care facility for disabled persons in Monticello, was a special project of Marlene's.

She was preceded in death by one brother and one grandson.

She is survived by her husband; four daughters, Donna Crow (husband Steve) of Truro, Jan Lemon (husband Dan) of El Reno, Okla., Kathy Joynes (husband Wes) of Panora and Becky Flander (husband Terry) of West Des Moines; one son, Darrell Ford (wife Brenda) of Earlham; two brothers, Gene Boss (wife) Dorothy of Coon Rapids and Glenn Boss (wife Mary) of Stuart; one sister, Doris Horn (Warren Thomas) of Cedar Falls; one sister-in-law, Anne Boss of Adair; 16 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Union State Bank, 201 W. Court, Winterset 50273.

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