Jeanette Ford McBride
1915 - 2013
Early Life: Jeannette was born February 20, 1915, in Centerville, Utah, to Thomas and Isabella "Belle" Beverage Cook Ford. She graduated from Davis High School in 1932 and the Utah State University in 1936.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: On June 20, 1940, Jeanette married the dear love of her life, Max Elliott McBride in the Salt Lake Temple. They were blessed with three sons and two daughters. She loved life and the beauty of the earth. She had an incredible talent for making friends and the capacity to filter out the bad of this world and hone in on the good. Her formula for happiness was simple: Happiness depends on our disposition and not our circumstances. She taught speech, English and girls PE at Grantsville High School from 1936 to 1940. She was also a class room teacher and worked with migrant children in Fresno, California until she was 76. She excelled at gardening, flower arranging, singing, hand work and having fun. Jeanette sang in her ward choir and loved working in her yard up until her late 90s. One of the highlights of her life was singing in the choir at the dedication of the Oakland Temple in 1964. The most treasured gift she gave her children was the love she had for their father. All were touched by the way she cared for him at home the ten years he struggled with Alzheimer's. She was a loving example of strength, sacrifice and devotion. Her greatest joy in life were her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Husband Max Elliott; son, Joseph Scott (Pat), Hillsborough, California; and infant great-granddaughter, Gracie Gledhill.
Survived By: Children: Lynnette Richards (Ron), Provo; Max Ford (Lynne), Provo; Stanley Thomas, Salt Lake; Connie Mayer (Gary), South Jordan; 14 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; brother, Ray Ford; sisters, NaDean Steffen, Norma Leavitt, Elizabeth Hess.
Published Obituary: The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 30 May 2013
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: 11400 South 1988 West | South Jordan
Interment: Grantsville City Cemetery
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Jeanette Ford McBride
1915 - 2013
Early Life: Jeannette was born February 20, 1915, in Centerville, Utah, to Thomas and Isabella "Belle" Beverage Cook Ford. She graduated from Davis High School in 1932 and the Utah State University in 1936.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: On June 20, 1940, Jeanette married the dear love of her life, Max Elliott McBride in the Salt Lake Temple. They were blessed with three sons and two daughters. She loved life and the beauty of the earth. She had an incredible talent for making friends and the capacity to filter out the bad of this world and hone in on the good. Her formula for happiness was simple: Happiness depends on our disposition and not our circumstances. She taught speech, English and girls PE at Grantsville High School from 1936 to 1940. She was also a class room teacher and worked with migrant children in Fresno, California until she was 76. She excelled at gardening, flower arranging, singing, hand work and having fun. Jeanette sang in her ward choir and loved working in her yard up until her late 90s. One of the highlights of her life was singing in the choir at the dedication of the Oakland Temple in 1964. The most treasured gift she gave her children was the love she had for their father. All were touched by the way she cared for him at home the ten years he struggled with Alzheimer's. She was a loving example of strength, sacrifice and devotion. Her greatest joy in life were her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: Husband Max Elliott; son, Joseph Scott (Pat), Hillsborough, California; and infant great-granddaughter, Gracie Gledhill.
Survived By: Children: Lynnette Richards (Ron), Provo; Max Ford (Lynne), Provo; Stanley Thomas, Salt Lake; Connie Mayer (Gary), South Jordan; 14 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; brother, Ray Ford; sisters, NaDean Steffen, Norma Leavitt, Elizabeth Hess.
Published Obituary: The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 30 May 2013
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: 11400 South 1988 West | South Jordan
Interment: Grantsville City Cemetery
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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