Services for Alta M. Ford, 95, were at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mike Jared and Gene Spillman officiating. Burial was in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery directed by Fisher Funeral Home.
She died Nov. 4 at Alfalfa County Hospital. She was born Feb. 9, 1892, in Anthony, Kan. As a young child, she moved with her family to Cleo Springs and later to a farm near Beaver.
On Oct. 16, 1910, she married N.A. Ford. They moved to Cherokee in 1922. She was a housewife and a retired Avon representative, working for the company for 21 years. During World War II, she was a Red Cross Home Extension agent.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Homebuilders Sunday School Class and Cherokee Senior Citizens.
Survivors include a son, Wayne of Medicine Lodge, Kan; two daughters, Norma Gibson of Cherokee and Ruth Brown of Helena; a brother, Arthur Bobbitt of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Twila Wompler and Maurine Reed, both of Caldwell, Idaho, and Fern Cullis of Las Cruces, N.M.; six grandchildren; 14 great-granchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Her husband died Feb. 8, 1949.
Memorials may be made through the funeral home to the Arthritis Foundation.
[Obit provided by Tim, member 47626042]
Services for Alta M. Ford, 95, were at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mike Jared and Gene Spillman officiating. Burial was in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery directed by Fisher Funeral Home.
She died Nov. 4 at Alfalfa County Hospital. She was born Feb. 9, 1892, in Anthony, Kan. As a young child, she moved with her family to Cleo Springs and later to a farm near Beaver.
On Oct. 16, 1910, she married N.A. Ford. They moved to Cherokee in 1922. She was a housewife and a retired Avon representative, working for the company for 21 years. During World War II, she was a Red Cross Home Extension agent.
She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Homebuilders Sunday School Class and Cherokee Senior Citizens.
Survivors include a son, Wayne of Medicine Lodge, Kan; two daughters, Norma Gibson of Cherokee and Ruth Brown of Helena; a brother, Arthur Bobbitt of Oklahoma City; three sisters, Twila Wompler and Maurine Reed, both of Caldwell, Idaho, and Fern Cullis of Las Cruces, N.M.; six grandchildren; 14 great-granchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Her husband died Feb. 8, 1949.
Memorials may be made through the funeral home to the Arthritis Foundation.
[Obit provided by Tim, member 47626042]
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Charity Maidette Bobbitt Crossman
1883–1983
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James Leslie Bobbitt
1884–1971
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Mary Eleanor "Molly" Bobbitt Parsons
1886–1966
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Bessie Anita Bobbitt Shepard
1888–1978
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Veda M Bobbitt
1894–1895
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Arthur Leroy Bobbitt
1897–1993
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Twila Margaret Bobbitt Wampler
1899–1991
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Clyde S Bobbitt
1901–1902
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Lorine Bobbitt
1906–1907
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Maurine Bobbit Reed
1906–1992
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