Gene Ford passed away at Yakima Regional Hospital on June 27, 2011. He was born July 31, 1938 in Larkin, Arkansas, the 4th of 7 children, to Oyed Joyce William Ford and Edyth Lorene (Thomason) Ford.
Gene attended school at Violet Hill, AK, Moxee City, WA, Quincy, WA and Connell, WA. Because his father was a construction worker, the family moved frequently. Gene lived most of his life in the Yakima Valley and worked as an auto mechanic at Hahn Motor Company and various other places in the Valley.
Gene married his best friend "Carole" on July 4, 1995 at the Cross Church in Yakima. They were members of Henderson Baptist Church in Henderson, AZ and the Cross Church of Yakima, WA. They enjoyed attending church services together as long as they were physically able to do so.
Gene enjoyed visiting with his children and grandchildren, his brother Bill, his many friends at Maple Swan where he resided, and the guys at Wednesday morning Mens' Coffee Group.
Gene was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Carole, his parents Oyed and Edyth Ford and a sister, Glenna Rhea Dill.
Gene is survived by one daughter, Selyna Janis, her 3 children, Ryker Ford, Mazzy Janis and MaxAnder Tull all of Yakima, two step-daughters, Alice (Emmett) Svendsen, their two daughters, Nicole (James) Drazen, Mahannah (Don) Sadler, daughter Rhianna of Yakima, and Valerie (Steve) Buckingham of Shelton, WA and daughter, Ruby, a sister, Dolores Jones of Yakima, four brothers, Bill (Linda) Ford of Yakima, Dale Ford of Sun City, CA, Larry (Linda) Ford of Auburn, WA, Gary Ford of California, and numerous nephews and nieces.
Arrangements have been made through Valley Hills Funeral Home of Terrace Heights. Services are pending at a later date.
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