FORD: Douglas Norman Ford passed away at Vermilion Health Center, Vermilion, Alberta on February 7, 2024 at the age of 75 years.
Doug leaves to mourn his wife of 52 years, Penney; son, Brady (Leanne) and grandchildren, Ava and Liam; daughter, Kacey (Daley) and grandchildren, Haiden, Carson, and Bodhi; niece, Dani (Travis) and great nephews, Hayes, Asher, and Sawyer; brother, Rob (Melva) and their family; sister, Pat (Danny) and their family; Audrey (Ted) and their family; his brother-in-law, Lyle and his family; brother-in-law, Brant; and his brother-in-law, Rodney’s family.
Doug was predeceased by his parents, Jim and Helen; sister, Audrey; brother-in-law, Rodney; and Penney’s parents, Ted and Betty Carson.
The Funeral Service for Doug was conducted from Marwayne Community Hall, Marwayne, AB, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 11:00 AM. Donations in memory of Doug may be made to Marwayne Cemetery, Vermilion Health Centre or donor’s charity of choice.
McCaw Funeral Service Ltd., of Lloydminster, Alberta administered the funeral arrangements.
Card of Thanks
Penney Ford, along with Brady, Leanne and family and Kacey, Daley and family; thanks to all who helped in any way during Doug’s illness. We cannot ever thank Rob and Melva Ford enough for their support over the last six months, staying with Doug and I. Special thanks to Carol Joy Hancock, his loving, caring and encouraging Home Care Nurse; Tim Hines, Joel Lapointe and Kaley Ziegler from Lakeside Pharmacy and Kim Thompson, Nurse Practitioner; who all worked hard on keeping Doug’s pain under control. Ron Miske, you hold a special place in our hearts for your help. We would like to thank the Vermilion Hospital Nurses and Dr. Louw for their compassion and care during Doug’s hospital stay.
Many thanks to those who took over and did various tasks to help our family at the time of the funeral. We would like to thank everyone for their texts, phone calls, cards, flowers, food brought to the house, donations received in Doug’s name as well as rides to the Airport for family members. Thank you to Colleen’s Catering for supplying a very lovely lunch and supper. Thank you to Pastor Kevin Nelson who visited Doug several times and presided over the service and Yvette Barnett for singing with her beautiful voice.
We thank Glenn and Joel McCaw and McCaw Funeral Service for their caring professionalism and especially to Joel for involving and helping the little ones understand at the Graveside.
We are overwhelmed with the generosity of our friends and community. In lieu of individual thank you cards, the family has decided to donate to a community organization.
Sincerely,
Penney Ford Brady, Leanne Ford; Ava and Liam
Kacey, Daley Brochu; Haiden, Carson and Bodhi
