The Kansas City Star, March 31, 1936, p. 11:
MRS. ANNA FORD IS DEAD
WIDOW OF GEORGE D. FORD WAS VISITING IN CALIFORNIA.
Liberal Contributor to Allied Charities, She Was One of the Most Active Here in Other Philanthropic Endeavors.
Mrs. Anna Foster Ford, one of the most active of Kansas City women in religious and philanthropic endeavors, died last night in Beverly Hills, Cal., where she had been visiting since Christmas at the home of a niece, Mrs. Letitia Foster Campbell. Mrs. Ford was 79 years old.
Mrs. Ford was active in the work and supervision of such institutions as the George H. Nettleton Home, the Armour Memorial Home, the Gillis Orphanage, and the mission work of the Central Presbyterian church. Her service on the board of managers of the Nettleton home and the Women's Christian Association covered several decades.
HUSBAND DIED IN 1912.
Her husband, George Dempster Ford, ranch owner and banker, died in 1912. Mr. Ford was a vice-president of the National Bank of Commerce, and with David T. Beals earlier had organized the old Union National Bank. The Ford home was at 2828 Forest avenue. Mrs. Ford subsequently purchased her Sunset Hill residence at 1035 Westover road.
While Mrs. Ford was a liberal contributor to organized charities and believed in the effectiveness of organized social work, she never lessened her private effort to be helpful and cheering. This work she sought would not be known, but sometimes it would come to notice, as in the tale of her individual Christmas gifts.
Mrs. Ford, whose maiden name was Anna Martha Foster, was the eldest daughter of John Foster, who shortly after his daughter's birth, July 20, 1856, removed from Dubuque, Ia., to Leavenworth, Kas. The family was to become widely identified with the lumber business in Kansas and adjacent states.
The family moved to Kansas City in 1888. Mrs. Ford's marriage was in this city, June 5, 1902.
Mrs. Ford is survived by three brothers, Benjamin B. Foster, Hotel Muehlebach, president of the Foster Lumber Company; James N. Foster, 828 West Fifty-sixth street; George W. Foster, 807 West Forty-eighth street; and two sisters, Mrs. Whitsed Laming of Santa Ana, Cal., and Mrs. Edward T. McCarthy of Beverly Hills.
Funeral services will be at the home, at 1035 Westover road.
MRS. ANNA FORD IS DEAD
WIDOW OF GEORGE D. FORD WAS VISITING IN CALIFORNIA.
Liberal Contributor to Allied Charities, She Was One of the Most Active Here in Other Philanthropic Endeavors.
Mrs. Anna Foster Ford, one of the most active of Kansas City women in religious and philanthropic endeavors, died last night in Beverly Hills, Cal., where she had been visiting since Christmas at the home of a niece, Mrs. Letitia Foster Campbell. Mrs. Ford was 79 years old.
Mrs. Ford was active in the work and supervision of such institutions as the George H. Nettleton Home, the Armour Memorial Home, the Gillis Orphanage, and the mission work of the Central Presbyterian church. Her service on the board of managers of the Nettleton home and the Women's Christian Association covered several decades.
HUSBAND DIED IN 1912.
Her husband, George Dempster Ford, ranch owner and banker, died in 1912. Mr. Ford was a vice-president of the National Bank of Commerce, and with David T. Beals earlier had organized the old Union National Bank. The Ford home was at 2828 Forest avenue. Mrs. Ford subsequently purchased her Sunset Hill residence at 1035 Westover road.
While Mrs. Ford was a liberal contributor to organized charities and believed in the effectiveness of organized social work, she never lessened her private effort to be helpful and cheering. This work she sought would not be known, but sometimes it would come to notice, as in the tale of her individual Christmas gifts.
Mrs. Ford, whose maiden name was Anna Martha Foster, was the eldest daughter of John Foster, who shortly after his daughter's birth, July 20, 1856, removed from Dubuque, Ia., to Leavenworth, Kas. The family was to become widely identified with the lumber business in Kansas and adjacent states.
The family moved to Kansas City in 1888. Mrs. Ford's marriage was in this city, June 5, 1902.
Mrs. Ford is survived by three brothers, Benjamin B. Foster, Hotel Muehlebach, president of the Foster Lumber Company; James N. Foster, 828 West Fifty-sixth street; George W. Foster, 807 West Forty-eighth street; and two sisters, Mrs. Whitsed Laming of Santa Ana, Cal., and Mrs. Edward T. McCarthy of Beverly Hills.
Funeral services will be at the home, at 1035 Westover road.
The Kansas City Star, March 31, 1936, p. 11:
MRS. ANNA FORD IS DEAD
WIDOW OF GEORGE D. FORD WAS VISITING IN CALIFORNIA.
Liberal Contributor to Allied Charities, She Was One of the Most Active Here in Other Philanthropic Endeavors.
Mrs. Anna Foster Ford, one of the most active of Kansas City women in religious and philanthropic endeavors, died last night in Beverly Hills, Cal., where she had been visiting since Christmas at the home of a niece, Mrs. Letitia Foster Campbell. Mrs. Ford was 79 years old.
Mrs. Ford was active in the work and supervision of such institutions as the George H. Nettleton Home, the Armour Memorial Home, the Gillis Orphanage, and the mission work of the Central Presbyterian church. Her service on the board of managers of the Nettleton home and the Women's Christian Association covered several decades.
HUSBAND DIED IN 1912.
Her husband, George Dempster Ford, ranch owner and banker, died in 1912. Mr. Ford was a vice-president of the National Bank of Commerce, and with David T. Beals earlier had organized the old Union National Bank. The Ford home was at 2828 Forest avenue. Mrs. Ford subsequently purchased her Sunset Hill residence at 1035 Westover road.
While Mrs. Ford was a liberal contributor to organized charities and believed in the effectiveness of organized social work, she never lessened her private effort to be helpful and cheering. This work she sought would not be known, but sometimes it would come to notice, as in the tale of her individual Christmas gifts.
Mrs. Ford, whose maiden name was Anna Martha Foster, was the eldest daughter of John Foster, who shortly after his daughter's birth, July 20, 1856, removed from Dubuque, Ia., to Leavenworth, Kas. The family was to become widely identified with the lumber business in Kansas and adjacent states.
The family moved to Kansas City in 1888. Mrs. Ford's marriage was in this city, June 5, 1902.
Mrs. Ford is survived by three brothers, Benjamin B. Foster, Hotel Muehlebach, president of the Foster Lumber Company; James N. Foster, 828 West Fifty-sixth street; George W. Foster, 807 West Forty-eighth street; and two sisters, Mrs. Whitsed Laming of Santa Ana, Cal., and Mrs. Edward T. McCarthy of Beverly Hills.
Funeral services will be at the home, at 1035 Westover road.
MRS. ANNA FORD IS DEAD
WIDOW OF GEORGE D. FORD WAS VISITING IN CALIFORNIA.
Liberal Contributor to Allied Charities, She Was One of the Most Active Here in Other Philanthropic Endeavors.
Mrs. Anna Foster Ford, one of the most active of Kansas City women in religious and philanthropic endeavors, died last night in Beverly Hills, Cal., where she had been visiting since Christmas at the home of a niece, Mrs. Letitia Foster Campbell. Mrs. Ford was 79 years old.
Mrs. Ford was active in the work and supervision of such institutions as the George H. Nettleton Home, the Armour Memorial Home, the Gillis Orphanage, and the mission work of the Central Presbyterian church. Her service on the board of managers of the Nettleton home and the Women's Christian Association covered several decades.
HUSBAND DIED IN 1912.
Her husband, George Dempster Ford, ranch owner and banker, died in 1912. Mr. Ford was a vice-president of the National Bank of Commerce, and with David T. Beals earlier had organized the old Union National Bank. The Ford home was at 2828 Forest avenue. Mrs. Ford subsequently purchased her Sunset Hill residence at 1035 Westover road.
While Mrs. Ford was a liberal contributor to organized charities and believed in the effectiveness of organized social work, she never lessened her private effort to be helpful and cheering. This work she sought would not be known, but sometimes it would come to notice, as in the tale of her individual Christmas gifts.
Mrs. Ford, whose maiden name was Anna Martha Foster, was the eldest daughter of John Foster, who shortly after his daughter's birth, July 20, 1856, removed from Dubuque, Ia., to Leavenworth, Kas. The family was to become widely identified with the lumber business in Kansas and adjacent states.
The family moved to Kansas City in 1888. Mrs. Ford's marriage was in this city, June 5, 1902.
Mrs. Ford is survived by three brothers, Benjamin B. Foster, Hotel Muehlebach, president of the Foster Lumber Company; James N. Foster, 828 West Fifty-sixth street; George W. Foster, 807 West Forty-eighth street; and two sisters, Mrs. Whitsed Laming of Santa Ana, Cal., and Mrs. Edward T. McCarthy of Beverly Hills.
Funeral services will be at the home, at 1035 Westover road.
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