WABASH – Brian Lee Ford, 58, of rural Roann, died at 11:55 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, in Lagro. He was born March 27, 1959, in Wabash, to Basil Floyd and Marjorie B. Trice Ford.
Brian was a 1977 graduate of Northfield High School and attended Ohio State University. He was a millwright, retiring after 32 years. He married Tilly Bedwell at the Dora Christian Church in rural Lagro on Feb. 29, 1980.
He was a member of the Indiana Brotherhood of Carpenters & Millwrights Union Local 1029. Brian enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, 4-wheeling, golfing, gardening, and watching sports on television. He especially loved his grandkids.
He is survived by his wife, Tilly Ford, Roann; three children: Adrian (Amy) Ford, Huntington; Michael (Lorelei) Ford, Pierceton; and Elizabeth (Shawn) Calhoun, Roann; eight grandchildren: Danielle Clark, Kaitlyn Ford and Brianna Ford, all of Huntington; Anna Ford, Gavin Ford and Emmalyn Ford, all of Pierceton; Maximus Calhoun and Jasmine Calhoun, both of Roann; brothers and sisters: Stephen (Debra) Ford, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; Elaine Widdifield, Fort Wayne; Keith (Pam) Ford, Wabash; Denise Sheetz, Warsaw; Rhonda (Dan) Carr, Wabash; and his mother-in-law, Betty Bedwell, Wabash. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash, with Kurt Snyder officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, at the funeral home.
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Memorials to Wabash County Cancer Society.
The memorial guest book for Brian may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
