Carol Jean Ford
Carol Ford passed away in Kyle, Texas on August 20, 2021 after a valiant battle with degeneration of the brain and Covid at the age of 84. Carol was the daughter of Lucille Glover of Spokane, Washington. She moved more than once as a child living with either her mother or her maternal grandparents. In 1951 she married Robert Ford and together they had three children. Bob joined the Airforce and as a couple they traveled together with their three children throughout the US and Germany - wherever his assignments led them. They finally ended up in Austin, Texas where Carol spent most of her remaining years until moving to memory care in Kyle, Texas in 2021. Carol was an avid reader from an early age on. And anyone who knew her for even a few minutes learned that she loved to sew. She made her children's clothes as they were growing up in addition to becoming a very accomplished quilter and fabric doll maker and won many awards for her sewing projects. Carol made and donated many lap quilts, hospital gowns and other items to the Shriner's Hospitals for Children over the years when working with the sewing club of Ben Hur Court of the Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America and ...[more]View Full Online Obituary and Tributes
sewing club of Ruh Neb Temple Daughters of the Nile. Anything relating to sewing, Carol had probably done it or tried it. She also, for a time, worked as a teacher and private home sales representative for Tri-Chem liquid embroidery where there too she excelled and received several awards. Carol was a long-time employee of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Carol was predeceased by her son Richard Ford and ex-husband Robert. She is survived by her son, Michael Ford and his wife Elizabeth (Betsy) Ford of San Marcos, TX; daughter, Deborah J. Ford and husband Daniel Armistead of Austin, TX.; two grandchildren and their families - Dr. Alysia Bedgood and sons Nixon and Dash Martino of Kyle, TX and Jason Ford and his wife Kristi of Washington, D.C.. Many thanks go out to Carol's long time quilting friend, Stacey Pavone, for all her help and devotion in Carol's later years and her long-time friend, Betty Mucha, with whom she shared many smiles and hardships over the years as their children were growing up. Carol also greatly appreciated her primary care physician of many years, Dr. Russell Krienke from Austin Region Clinic. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Shriner's Hospitals for Children, Galveston, TX. Funeral services will be private and held at a later date. Condolences may be sent to son Michael Ford and/or daughter Deborah Ford
