York, Maine
Betty A. Ford
1932 — 2022
Betty A. Ford, 90, of Cape Neddick, died Tuesday, August 30, 2022. She was born at home in Wilmot, NH, on February 20, 1932, the daughter of Crosby D. and Alice E. (Bixby) Ford and spent her early childhood in Wilmot until the family moved to Maine at the start of World War II. Betty graduated from York, ME, high school in 1949, where she shared top honors with her brother. After earning her bachelor's degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1953, Betty went on to the Yale School of Nursing from 1953-1956, where she was awarded a Master's Degree in Nursing. After her Yale graduation, she was first employed at the Visiting Nurse Association of New Haven, CT and later worked at Boston...