CLARA (BRYANT) FORD

Mrs. Henry Ford, Widow Of Auto Pioneer, Dead

Detroit, Sept. 29 — Mrs. Henry Ford, widow of the world-famed automobile pioneer, died early today at the age of 84.

The farmer’s daughter who came to great wealth and renown through her husband’s genius and her faith in his work was the victim of a heart ailment.

She died at 1 a.m. in the Henry Ford hospital. A family spokesman said the cause of death was acute coronary occlusion.

Clara Bryant Ford and Henry Ford spent 60 years of wedded life together until the husband’s death in 1947.

 

Published in the Astoria Argus-Searchlight on 10/4/1950

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