Joyce Ann Ford, 89, of Bluffton, formerly of Markle and Warren, passed away at 2:57 PM on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022 at River Terrace Estates in Bluffton. She was born on Tuesday, July 04, 1933, in Keystone. She married Thomas Carrol Ford on Saturday, March 24, 1951 in Chesterfield, Indiana. Joyce was a 1951 graduate of Chester Center High School. She had worked at Corning Glass in Bluffton, and also at the United Methodist Home in Warren. Joyce was an avid housekeeper and had cleaned homes for many people. She enjoyed reading, crocheting, going to garage sales and antiquing. She loved spending time with all of her family.
The family would like to send a special Thank You to Nate and Crystal at Eleos Hospice Care.
Her loving survivors include her daughter - Deborah (Husband, Doc) Burnau, Markle, daughter – Barbara
(Husband, Dan) Miller, Rotonda West, Florida, son - Tim (Wife, Sally) Ford, Warren, daughter - Rose (Husband, Mike) Stoffel, Huntington, son - Ed (Wife, Julie) Ford, Warren, daughter - Carol Irick, Warren, 17 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, six great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband - Thomas Carroll Ford, father - Calvin Lincoln, mother - Myrtle (Slentz) Lincoln, Brother - Calvin "Bud" Lincoln, Jr., sister - Irene Nusbaumer, sister - Leona Thompson, sister - Willie Cook, sister - Madeline Klein, sister - Jerry Dickason, sister - Pat Stroud, son-in-law - Bernard Irick, great grandson - Carson Lee Stoffel.
Family and friends may gather to share and remember at Glancy - H. Brown & Son Funeral Home 203 N. Matilda St. Warren on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A service to celebrate her life will be at Glancy - H. Brown & Son Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022 with the Pastor Steve Nevis officiating. Interment, with a private service, will follow at the
Thompson Home Cemetery in Warren.
Preferred memorials: Eleos Hospice Care 4432 Ardmore Ave. Unit B Fort Wayne, IN 46809
and/or Donor’s Choice.
Arrangements are being handled by Glancy - H. Brown & Son Funeral Home in Warren.
