Individual Details
Gladys Lucille Miller
(14 Apr 1942 - 27 May 2008)
Events
| Birth | 14 Apr 1942 | Winnemucca, Humboldt, Nevada, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 9 Jul 1966 | Dwaine Lee Ford | |||
| Death | 27 May 2008 | Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |  | ||
| Burial | 30 May 2008 | Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Dwaine Lee Ford (1936 - 1994) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Elmer Johann Henrich Melvin Otto August Miller (1914 - 1992) |
| Mother | Mildred Althea Voigts (1919 - 2016) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Death
Gladys L. Ford1942 - 2008
Gladys L. Ford, 66, of Nampa, passed away on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise due to complications from a lung transplant in 2004. A Rosary will be recited at the Alsip & Persons Funeral Chapel, 404 10th Ave. S., Nampa – 466-3545 at 7 Thursday evening. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Friday, May 30, at St. Paul's Catholic Church, 1515 7th St. S., Nampa. Burial will follow at the Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell. Friends may call at the funeral chapel from 4-7 p.m. Thursday for an open casket viewing.
Gladys L. Ford was born on April 14, 1942, in Winnemucca, Nev., the daughter of Elmer and Mildred (Voigts) Miller. She was reared and educated in Paradise Valley, Nev. In June of 1960 she moved to Boise to attend St. Alphonsus Hospital's Nursing Program. In her second year of training, she became ill and was not able to complete the program.
She married Dwane Lee Ford on July 9, 1966, in Nampa where they made their home. She owned and operated Intermountain Soap and Chemical Supply in Nampa for several years. She later helped her husband in the trucking business. The first business they had was D & G Trucking and later they owned Bestway Express Trucking. Her husband preceded her in death in August of 1994. She enjoyed gardening and her flowers. She was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Nampa.
Gladys is survived by her children, Melissa and Kelly Morse, Twin Falls and Loriston and Lisa Ford, Nampa; grandchildren, Jake Smith, Liam Morse and Elysia Morse, all of Twin Falls, Ryan Rathbun, Clarkston, WA and Kayla Rathbun, Nampa; her mother, Mildred Miller, Adrian, OR; three sisters, Jeannette (her twin) and Mike Avera; Frances and Edmund Mason; Trina and Gary Weber, all of Nampa; a brother, Jim Miller and Trina Nishitani, Adrian, OR and a number of nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by her father in 1992.
The family suggests memorials be made to a favorite charity or flowers may be sent.
Published in the Idaho Press Tribune on 5/28/2008.
Endnotes
1. Slade Grossl, Susan D., Lovejoy genealogy emails on the descendants of Abial. (Susan D Slade Grossl