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Vancouver Sun post by former co-worker of John's

Hi everyone,

Below is a post submitted to the Vancouver Sun's memorial guest book page yesterday.

The link to the guest book page in the Sun is: http://www.legacy.com/can-vancouver/Obituaries.asp?Page=GBGateway (enter John Joseph Ford in the search field).


I had the pleasure of working with John at the UBC Bookstore and found him to be a kind, generous and supportive colleague. He was always full of humour and was much missed when he left the Bookstore.

My sympathy goes out to John's family and friends. Florence McGregor-Foxcroft (Vancouver, BC )

Comments

Fred said…
Correction: enter Ford rather than John Joseph Ford in the search field on the Sun page
robbyblogger said…
You need not be a Ford to tell John stories.

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