Peggy Powers Ford, 94, of Vero Beach, passed away on April 7, 2014.
She is survived by her children, Lawrence Gotfredson, III (Kathie) and Christian Gotfredson; grandchildren Kelly Gotfredson Mathews (Mark), Lawrence Gotfredson, IV (Jody), Hannah Gotfredson, and Trevor Gotfredson; and four great-grandchildren.
She was born Aug. 16, 1919 at Harper Hospital, in Detroit Mich., to Ernest L. Powers and Harriet Ekren Powers. They lived in Port Huron and moved to Grosse Pointe in 1929.
Ford attended Grosse Pointe Country Day School, Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., and Sarah Lawrence College. She married Lawrence Gotfredson, Jr. in 1942 and John B. Ford, III in 1980.
She was a member of Sigma Gamma Association since 1932, and The Garden Club of Michigan since 1970 where she served as president from 1978 to 1980. She was Zone Chairman X, received Medal of Merit in 2008, Helen Stark Smith Memorial Award winner in 1986, Edith Stanton Newberry Award winner in 1979, and GCA 50th Anniversary Bowl winner in 1973.
She was also a member of the John’s Island Garden Club and a supporter of McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach. She was a member of The Johns Island Club, where she spent her winters, The Country Club of Detroit, The Grosse Pointe Club, The Little Harbor Club, and The Harbor Pointe Association in Harbor Springs, Mich., where she spent her summers.
A memorial service will be held at Christ Church in Grosse Pointe, Mich., at a later date. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial contributions be made to The Sigma Gamma Association or The Garden Club of Michigan. Arrangements are under the direction of Strunk Funeral Home in Vero Beach. A guestbook is available online at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.