Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 4/11/1975

Harvey Ford

February 9, 1917 – April 11, 1975

Harvey Ford, 58, of 52941 Hastings died at 9:15am today in Memorial Hospital after a long illness.  A service attendant for the Colonial Oil Co., he was born February 9, 1917, in Denver CO and ha lived most of his life in the South Bend area.  On August 21, 1948, in South Bend, he married Helen Strzelski, who survives.

Also surviving are two stepsons, Daniel and Zane Pietraszewski, both of South Bend; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Helen Ford of South Bend; 13 grandchildren; four great grandchildren; three brothers, George of South Bend, Melvin of Portland IN; and Oscar of Sturgis, and four sisters, Mrs. Lou Rena Henderson of South Bend, Mrs. Joyce Cole of Osceola, Mrs. Frona Garlinger of Bryant and Mrs Helen Holloway of Dunkirk.

Friends may call from 7 to 9pm Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm Sunday in the Welsheimer North Chapel, 52803 US 31N.