Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford

Birth: 27 Feb 1892
Harvard, McHenry County, Illinois, USA
Death: 17 Sep 1967 (aged 75)
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Plot: Block 5, Lot 453
Memorial ID: 9029193 View Source

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Mother of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford.
Gerald was the oldest of her four sons.

Cause of death: Coronary Thrombosis.

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Levi Addison Gardner

1860–1916
Adele Augusta Ayer Gardner

1867–1938

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Leslie Lynch King

1880–1941 (m. 1912)
Gerald Rudolff Ford

1890–1962 (m. 1917)

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Tannisse Ayer Gardner James

1887–1942

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Gerald Rudolph Ford

1913–2006
Thomas Gardner Ford

1918–1995
Richard Addison Ford

1924–2015
James Francis Ford

1927–2001

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Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford

Created by: Seth Musselman
Added: 2 Jul 2004
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 9029193
Sponsored by Seth Musselman
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9029193/dorothy-ayer-ford: accessed ), memorial page for Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford (27 Feb 1892–17 Sep 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9029193, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Seth Musselman (contributor 683).

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