Margaret "Peg" Ford of Boscawen, NH, died June 15, 2008 at Franklin Regional Hospital. She was born December 24, 1919, in New Boston, NH, the daughter of Luther D. and Alice M. (Mansfield) Colburn. She was the widow of Timothy M. Ford.
Peg grew up in New Boston and was a graduate of New Boston High School. She studied nursing at the Moore General Hospital in Goffstown, N.H., and she became a Registered Nurse in 1942.
She worked as the school nurse and town nurse in Marlborough, N.H., for over 30 years. As a founding member of the Marl-Harris Volunteer Ambulance Squad, she often drove the ambulance on calls during the day. Following her retirement from nursing she worked at Flour Power Bakery in Keene, N.H., where she was known as, "The cake lady who doesn’t make cakes, she makes masterpieces."
As a gifted artist, she mastered many crafts including quilting, doll making, wood carving and embroidery. Also, she made beautiful greeting cards using dried flowers collected from her own gardens.
She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and she served in many different callings within the church.
Peg was predeceased by her son, Marshall H. Ford, who died in Vietnam while serving in the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), her two brothers, Martin M. and David L. Colburn, and her two sisters Hazel M. Wallace and Dorothy M Foley.
She is survived by two sisters, Frances S. Ellingwood of Laconia, and Shirley A. Hooker of Tilton, five granddaughters, Angela Ford LaRoche, Faith, Jennifer, Nicole and Cathleen Belair (all of Maine), along with seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be on Wednesday, June 18, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Thibault-Neun Funeral Home on Franklin St., in Franklin. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 19 at 10:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 90 Clinton St., in Concord, NH. Burial will follow at 1:30 p.m. at Pine Grove Cemetery, Marlborough, NH.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Baby Threads of NH, a non-profit organization that provides quilts for newborn babies and a variety of other services for needy children and families in NH. For more information, visit the website at
