Mrs. Helen B. Ford

December 8, 1927 - January 10, 2020

Helen B. Ford (nee Mingin) age 92 years of Paulsboro passed away Friday January 10, 2020 in Collingswood Manor. Mrs. Ford was born in Williamstown to the late Elwood and Beatrice Mingin, raised in Barnsboro where she spent many hours with her sisters as a teenager at the “Happy Hour Club where she met her “Honey”. After their marriage they lived in Paulsboro for over 60 years. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Ford was a member of Billingsport United Methodist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, Woodbury, the Ladies Auxiliary of Anthony T. Calista V.F.W. Post #5579, Gibbstown and Golden Slippers Dance Club. She enjoyed shopping, singing and dancing with the dance club and raising African violets. Mrs. Ford was a devoted Mother and Wife who enjoyed cooking and caring for her home and family. She is survived by her sons, Joseph R. and Kathy Ford of Cherry Hill, Robert A. Sr. and Nancy Ford of Gibbstown; her grandchildren, Amanda and Ben Cohen, Kelly Ann and Chris Lafferty, Lindsey Jo and Joe Essock, Andrew “A.J.” and Elizabeth Ford, Alexis Ford, Rob Ford; her great grandchildren, Brandon, Gabriella, Audrey, Charlotte, Eleanor, Jonathan and Georgia. Mrs. Ford was predeceased by her husband Joe and 13 brothers and sisters. The Funeral Service will be held at 11 AM Thursday January 16, 2020 in the McBride – Foley Funeral Home, 228 W. Broad St., Paulsboro. Relatives and friends may visit with the family Thursday morning after 10 AM until service time. Interment Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro. Contributions can be made in her memory to the Activities Fund at United Methodist Homes – Collingswood, 460 Haddon Ave., Collingswood, NJ 08108. Memories can be shared at www.mcbridefoleyfh.com.