Haruko Ford's Obituary
Mrs. Haruko Ford (Yamamori) passed away peacefully December 6, 2015 in Olympia, Washington at the age 85.
Mrs. Ford was born on March 22, 1930 in Kyoto, Japan to Matsusaburo and Yukiko Yamamori, the youngest of five children. She married Walter Ford, an Army Military Police Officer in Japan at the age of 23, then came to the United States in 1953. Haruko became a naturalized citizen in 1958, traveled with her husband and family throughout the United States, Germany, France, and Japan. She had a passion for learning and encouraged her children and grandchildren to always study and work hard. In her youth, she would walk miles to night school where she learned to be very proficient use of the abacus. Mrs. Ford passed this love of numbers to each of her four children.
Mrs. Haruko Ford is survived by her three daughters and one son, Rose Bailey (Gary Altman), Linda Sanchez (Art Sanchez), Walter Ford (Marno Ford), and Kim West (Dennis West), ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Walter Ford, Sr.
At the request of the family, a Memorial Service for Haruko will be held at a later time. A date and time will be updated.
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