{"id":2853,"date":"2018-09-13T01:17:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T01:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2018-10-12T21:39:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T21:39:08","slug":"d-dianne-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/13\/d-dianne-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"D. Dianne Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2858 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dianne_ford2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dianne_ford2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dianne_ford2-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>D. Dianne Musser Ford, Kearney, M0., passed away in Liberty, Mo., on September 11, 2018. She was born in Warrensburg on January 17, 1936 to Richard H. and Claire Braun Musser of Holden. In 1942, with her family, she moved to Kansas City, Mo., when her father was appointed an assistant U.S. Attorney during W.W. II.\u00a0 She enrolled in Border Star Elementary School and continued to attend school at Southwest Junior High until her family returned to Holden in 1948.\u00a0 She graduated from Holden High School with the class of 1953.\u00a0 Dianne attended the University of Missouri where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, continuing her education at CMSC and William Jewell College.<\/p>\n<p>In 1956, on April 7, she married C.J. Ford and celebrated 62 years of marriage last April.\u00a0 She and C.J. were parents of two sons, Steven and Scott.\u00a0 While her sons were in high school, they moved from Kansas City to Kearney where they continued to live until her death.\u00a0 At the time of her death she was grandmother to Shane, Chris, Doug, Megan and Jonam Ford and great-grandmother to Alexis, Brianna, Cenzie, Connor and Robin Ford. She also leaves behind C.J., her husband of the home, and one sister, Mary Ann Gray of Holden.<\/p>\n<p>Dianne\u2019s first job was working for the Air Force at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base.\u00a0 She continued working for the federal government until her retirement, working for the Water Pollution Control Agency, Social Security Administration, Health, Education and Welfare, then Health and Human Services from which she retired as a classification specialist.<\/p>\n<p>She and C.J. traveled after retirement, several times to Alaska during the winter, among other places.\u00a0 She had time to pursue her love of music.\u00a0 She sang in church choirs and at one time with the Sweet Adalines, a female Barbershop Quartet.\u00a0 She loved playing the organ.<\/p>\n<p>Services for Dianne will be held at Fry-Bross &amp; Spidle Funeral Home, 208 S. Jefferson Street, Kearney, MO, 64060, on Monday, September 17, 2018.\u00a0 Visitation will be from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. with services beginning at 11:00 a.m.\u00a0 Following services in Kearney, a brief graveside service will be held at the Holden Cemetery, Holden, Mo., at 2:00 p.m. before burial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D. Dianne Musser Ford, Kearney, M0., passed away in Liberty, Mo., on September 11, 2018. She was born in Warrensburg on January 17, 1936 to Richard H. and Claire Braun Musser of Holden. In 1942, with her family, she moved to Kansas City, Mo., when her father was appointed an assistant U.S. Attorney during W.W. 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