Sonya W. Malakoff was born August 4, 1944 (likely in Ontario). Her family moved from Blind River, ON to Lynn Lake, MB when she was in high school as her father worked for Sherritt Gordon Mines. After completing her education she went to Winnipeg and got a teaching degree, She returned to Lynn Lake where she was teaching school when a mutual acquaintance introduced her to "Rusty" Rustin Allison Ford. They were married in a double ring ceremony in 1965 along with Rusty's bunkmate and one of Sonya's sisters.
"Rusty" had began his mining career at Sherritt Gordon Mines in Lynn Lake. They relocated to Kellogg, Idaho, USA for work and a son and daughter were born to them while they were in the United States.
In 1970 they all returned to Lynn Lake, MB. Rusty was hired by Exxon Minerals in 1978, a job that would take the Ford family first to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and then to Houston, Texas. His career culminated in Marathon, ON.
Excerpts from obituary posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on August 20, 2008:
Sonya Ford passed peacefully August 17, 2008 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer, secure in the love of her family and friends. Sonya was a woman of passion, an incomparable spirit both classy and sassy. She loved animals, orchids and clothes. She loved to laugh and entertain, but most of all she loved her family and friends. Sonya's shining spirit will live on forever. She will be remembered by her loving husband of 43 years, Ruston Ford; her beloved children, Shea, her devoted collie companion; her mother Nellie; three sisters, her brothers, ten nieces and two nephews, her amazing network of Iron Women; many other significant friends and her legion of doggie friends at Maple Grove Dog Park who knew her as the Liver Treat Lady .
Special thanks must be extended to the fabulous staff at CancerCare Manitoba and tremendous nurses at St. Boniface Hospital who provided completely compassionate care. Services to celebrate Sonya's life were held on August 22 at Thomson In the Park Funeral Home, 1291 McGillivray Blvd., Winnipeg.
In lieu of flowers, a donation made be made to the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation or your local Humane Society. THOMSON FUNERAL HOME 669 BROADWAY, WINNIPEG, MB R3C 0X4 783-7211 Send expressions of sympathy at www.mem.com
"Rusty" had began his mining career at Sherritt Gordon Mines in Lynn Lake. They relocated to Kellogg, Idaho, USA for work and a son and daughter were born to them while they were in the United States.
In 1970 they all returned to Lynn Lake, MB. Rusty was hired by Exxon Minerals in 1978, a job that would take the Ford family first to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and then to Houston, Texas. His career culminated in Marathon, ON.
Excerpts from obituary posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on August 20, 2008:
Sonya Ford passed peacefully August 17, 2008 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer, secure in the love of her family and friends. Sonya was a woman of passion, an incomparable spirit both classy and sassy. She loved animals, orchids and clothes. She loved to laugh and entertain, but most of all she loved her family and friends. Sonya's shining spirit will live on forever. She will be remembered by her loving husband of 43 years, Ruston Ford; her beloved children, Shea, her devoted collie companion; her mother Nellie; three sisters, her brothers, ten nieces and two nephews, her amazing network of Iron Women; many other significant friends and her legion of doggie friends at Maple Grove Dog Park who knew her as the Liver Treat Lady .
Special thanks must be extended to the fabulous staff at CancerCare Manitoba and tremendous nurses at St. Boniface Hospital who provided completely compassionate care. Services to celebrate Sonya's life were held on August 22 at Thomson In the Park Funeral Home, 1291 McGillivray Blvd., Winnipeg.
In lieu of flowers, a donation made be made to the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation or your local Humane Society. THOMSON FUNERAL HOME 669 BROADWAY, WINNIPEG, MB R3C 0X4 783-7211 Send expressions of sympathy at www.mem.com
Sonya W. Malakoff was born August 4, 1944 (likely in Ontario). Her family moved from Blind River, ON to Lynn Lake, MB when she was in high school as her father worked for Sherritt Gordon Mines. After completing her education she went to Winnipeg and got a teaching degree, She returned to Lynn Lake where she was teaching school when a mutual acquaintance introduced her to "Rusty" Rustin Allison Ford. They were married in a double ring ceremony in 1965 along with Rusty's bunkmate and one of Sonya's sisters.
"Rusty" had began his mining career at Sherritt Gordon Mines in Lynn Lake. They relocated to Kellogg, Idaho, USA for work and a son and daughter were born to them while they were in the United States.
In 1970 they all returned to Lynn Lake, MB. Rusty was hired by Exxon Minerals in 1978, a job that would take the Ford family first to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and then to Houston, Texas. His career culminated in Marathon, ON.
Excerpts from obituary posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on August 20, 2008:
Sonya Ford passed peacefully August 17, 2008 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer, secure in the love of her family and friends. Sonya was a woman of passion, an incomparable spirit both classy and sassy. She loved animals, orchids and clothes. She loved to laugh and entertain, but most of all she loved her family and friends. Sonya's shining spirit will live on forever. She will be remembered by her loving husband of 43 years, Ruston Ford; her beloved children, Shea, her devoted collie companion; her mother Nellie; three sisters, her brothers, ten nieces and two nephews, her amazing network of Iron Women; many other significant friends and her legion of doggie friends at Maple Grove Dog Park who knew her as the Liver Treat Lady .
Special thanks must be extended to the fabulous staff at CancerCare Manitoba and tremendous nurses at St. Boniface Hospital who provided completely compassionate care. Services to celebrate Sonya's life were held on August 22 at Thomson In the Park Funeral Home, 1291 McGillivray Blvd., Winnipeg.
In lieu of flowers, a donation made be made to the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation or your local Humane Society. THOMSON FUNERAL HOME 669 BROADWAY, WINNIPEG, MB R3C 0X4 783-7211 Send expressions of sympathy at www.mem.com
"Rusty" had began his mining career at Sherritt Gordon Mines in Lynn Lake. They relocated to Kellogg, Idaho, USA for work and a son and daughter were born to them while they were in the United States.
In 1970 they all returned to Lynn Lake, MB. Rusty was hired by Exxon Minerals in 1978, a job that would take the Ford family first to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and then to Houston, Texas. His career culminated in Marathon, ON.
Excerpts from obituary posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on August 20, 2008:
Sonya Ford passed peacefully August 17, 2008 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer, secure in the love of her family and friends. Sonya was a woman of passion, an incomparable spirit both classy and sassy. She loved animals, orchids and clothes. She loved to laugh and entertain, but most of all she loved her family and friends. Sonya's shining spirit will live on forever. She will be remembered by her loving husband of 43 years, Ruston Ford; her beloved children, Shea, her devoted collie companion; her mother Nellie; three sisters, her brothers, ten nieces and two nephews, her amazing network of Iron Women; many other significant friends and her legion of doggie friends at Maple Grove Dog Park who knew her as the Liver Treat Lady .
Special thanks must be extended to the fabulous staff at CancerCare Manitoba and tremendous nurses at St. Boniface Hospital who provided completely compassionate care. Services to celebrate Sonya's life were held on August 22 at Thomson In the Park Funeral Home, 1291 McGillivray Blvd., Winnipeg.
In lieu of flowers, a donation made be made to the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation or your local Humane Society. THOMSON FUNERAL HOME 669 BROADWAY, WINNIPEG, MB R3C 0X4 783-7211 Send expressions of sympathy at www.mem.com
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