Ruth Elwell and Theodore English Ford

THEODORE ENGLISH FORD was born July 16, 1888 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota,⁷⁰⁶ and died August 13, 1965 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶

He married RUTH ELWELL on August 5, 1926 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota,⁵³¹⁵ daughter of ELIZABETH EMMA ALDEN and JAMES TALLMADGE ELWELL. She was born December 3, 1890 in Minnesota,⁹⁴³⁷ and died June 6, 1973 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.⁵³¹⁷

Personal Information
Education
Clubs and Associations
Marriage Announcements and News
Obituaries

Census Records

Children of RUTH ELWELL and THEODORE ENGLISH FORD:

MARCIA ELWELL FORD, b. August 22, 1928, Hennepin County, Minnesota;⁷⁵ m. (1) HARRY JEROME WILSON on March 6, 1958 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri⁸⁴⁶³, m. (2) JAMES CARL LEWIS on May 4, 1962⁹⁴³⁷; d. December 31, 2014, Missouri.⁹⁴³⁸
FREDERICK ALDEN FORD, b. March 15, 1930, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri;⁴⁵³² d. March, 1982.

Marcia

Personal Information

Ruth Elwell was a school teacher in elementary and high schools in Minnesota.⁵³¹⁷

Theodore English Ford was a Veteran of World War I.⁹⁴³⁹

Education

Theodore E. Ford

graduated from University of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois in 1913^{5315, 9708}
- Member of Alpha Sigma Phi
- Activities:
  Track (1), Squad (2) (3); Blackfriars (2); Glee Club (2) (3) (4)

Ruth Elwell

graduated from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota in 1914³²¹³
- Member of Alpha Gamma Delta
- Activities:
  Y.W.C.A., Thalian Literary, Woman's League Masquers
- Yearbook Inscription:
  "Actresses will happen in the best regulated families."

Clubs and Associations

Ruth Elwell

Woman's Club⁵³¹⁷
American Association of University Women⁵³¹⁷
College Club⁵³¹⁷
Sanford-Brown Post, American Legion Auxiliary⁵³¹⁷

Theodore E. Ford

American Legion⁹⁴³⁹
Masonic Lodge⁹⁴³⁹

Marriage Announcements and News

Minneapolis Morning Tribune, August 6, 1926⁵³¹⁵

Miss Ruth Elwell Becomes Bride of Theodore E. Ford

Elaborate Wedding Ceremony Is Conducted at Home of Bride's Parents.

Fourteen small nephews and nieces of the bride stretched white satin ribbons to form an aisle for the bridal party at the wedding of Miss Ruth Elwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Tallmadge Elwell, 945 Fourteenth avenue southeast, and Mr. Theodore English Ford of Kansas City, Mo., formerly of La Grange, Ill., which took place at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elwell. Ferns, palms and American Beauty roses, the flower of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, of which Miss Elwell is a member, decorated the living room where the service was read by Dr. G. P. Conger. The children who formed the aisle, with the little girls wearing taffeta and georgette frocks in pastel shades, and the boys, in white suits, included Carolyn, Isabel and Louise Cook, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Cook; Lorraine, James, David and Donald, children of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Elwell, Jr., of Forest Lake, Minn.; Elizabeth Alden, Robert and Richard Weigel, children of Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Weigel; Edwin S. Elwell, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Elwell; Thomas S. Elwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Elwell, and Jane and Evelyn Elwell, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Elwell.

Nuptial music was played preceding the ceremony by a quartet including violin, cello, flute and piano, with the "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin" for the processional and Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" for the recessional.

A formal gown of silver cloth, made sleeveless with full flaring skirt, was worn by the bride, who entered on the arm of her father. Her veil of tulle, caught with a coronet of rose point lace and orange blossoms, was the one worn by her sisters, Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Weigel, at their weddings. She carried a shower bouquet of orchids and white roses.

The bride's sister, Miss Mary Elwell, who attended her as maid of honor, wore a sleeveless gown of green chiffon and taffeta, and carried an arm bouquet of pink roses. Little Lawrence Robert Elwell, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Elwell, and small nephew of the bride, who acted as ringbearer, wore a black velvet suit with a white silk blouse, and carried the ring in a white rose.

Mr. Ford had as his best man Mr. Harold Comstock of Minneapolis, formerly of La Grange.

Garden flowers were used through the rooms for the reception which followed the ceremony. Receiving with the bridal party were Mr. and Mrs. Elwell, parents of the bride, and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McConahay, brother-in-law and sister of the bridegroom. Mrs. Elwell was gowned in poudre blue georgette with a corsage of pink roses, and Mrs. Mcconahay wore a green georgette gown with a corsage of orchids and lilies of the valley.

Mr. and Mrs. Ford will leave tonight for a wedding trip by way of the Great Lakes to Buffalo, N. Y., then to New York and Atlantic City. They will be at home at 525 East Armour boulevard, Kansas City, after October 1.

Mrs. Ford is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. Mr. Ford, who was graduated from the University of Chicago, is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.

Obituaries

Kansas City Star, August 15, 1965⁹⁴³⁹

THEODORE ENGLISH FORD

Theodore English Ford, 77, of 6446 Walnut, died Friday night at his home. He was a retired sales representative in the roofing and siding field. He was born in Minneapolis. He liver here 40 years. He was a World War I veteran and was a member of the Sanford Brown, jr., post of the American Legion. He was a member of the Ivanhoe Masonic lodge. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ruth Elwell Ford, a son, Frederick A. Ford, and a daughter, Mrs. Marcia Ford Lewis, all of the home, and a sister, Mrs. Edward M McConoughey, Phoenix, Ariz. Services will be at 2 o'clock Monday at the Country Club Christian church; cremation. Private services will follow at Mount Mariah cemetery. The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the Kansas City chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis National Research Foundation.

Bar

Kansas City Times, June 7, 1973⁵³¹⁷

MRS. RUTH FORD

Mrs. Ruth Ford, 82, of 6446 Walnut, died yesterday at the home. She was born in Minneapolis and had lived here since 1926. Mrs. Ford was graduated from the University of Minnesota and taught in elementary and high schools in Minnesota 10 years before moving to Kansas City. She was a member of the Woman's City Club, the American Association of University Women, the College Club and Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority. Mrs. Ford was a vice-president of the Sanford-Brown American Legion Post Auxiliary. She leaves a son, Frederick A. Ford, and a daughter, Mrs. Marcia Ford Lewis, both of the home; two brothers, Edwin S. Elwell, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Watson R. Elwell, Deerfield Beach, Fla., and three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Cook and Mrs. Elizabeth Weigel, both of Minneapolis, and Miss Mary I. Elwell, Duluth, Minn. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the George Hamilton Combs Chapel at the church; cremation. The family requests no flowers.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 12, 1900⁴⁵⁸⁵	Blaine, Anoka, Minnesota	James Tallmadge Elwell Elizabeth Emma Alden James Tallmadge Elwell Margaret Alden Elwell Edwin Shedd Elwell Alden Worcester Elwell Elizabeth Alden Elwell Ruth Elwell Mary Isabelle Elwell Laurence Robert Elwell Watson Rickard Elwell
May, 1910⁷⁸	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota	James Tallmadge Elwell Elizabeth Emma Alden Edwin Shedd Elwell Alden Worcester Elwell Elizabeth Alden Elwell Ruth Elwell Mary Isabelle Elwell Laurence Robert Elwell Watson Rickard Elwell
January 3, 1920⁶¹⁴	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota	James Tallmadge Elwell Elizabeth Emma Alden Elizabeth Alden Elwell Ruth Elwell Mary Isabelle Elwell Laurence Robert Elwell Watson Rickard Elwell
April 29, 1930⁴⁸⁰	Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri	Theodore English Ford Ruth Elwell Marcia Elwell Ford Frederick Alden Ford
April 5, 1940²⁸⁸¹	Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri	Theodore English Ford Ruth Elwell Marcia Elwell Ford Frederick Alden Ford