CHARLES DEWEY FORD

Charles Dewey Ford 74, of Henderson, and formerly of Brigham City, UT, passed away Wednesday August 3, 2022 at Procare Hospice, Las Vegas. Charles was born April 7, 1948 in Shelby, OH to Dewey Franklin Ford and Helen Irene Benedict. He resided in Galion, OH during his childhood graduating from Galion High School in 1967. He then joined the U.S. Air Force first stationed at Hill Air Force Base, UT. Charles’ Air Force career spanned 32 years. He received an Honorable Discharge achieving Tsgt in February 2003. Charles also worked for Thiokol Corporation in Brigham City, providing maintenance for the Space Shuttle segments. He felt his greatest achievement during this employment was working with the engineers to find a fix for the Challenger Explosion O-ring failure. Charles later went on to be employed by the Department of Defense at Hill AFB, UT retiring from there in 2007. Charles was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1970 and went on to serve as a Sunday School Teacher, Scoutmaster and Adult Aaronic

General Secretary. While Charles was working for Thiokol, he also attended Weber State University graduating with a Psychology and Marketing Degree in 1985. Charles enjoyed astronomy, gun safety, knife making, traveling, reading and music. Charles married Daneec Ipsen in 1969. They were later divorced. He married Kathleen Ann Mcintyre in

February 2000. Charles is survived by his wife, Kathleen Mcintyre; daughters, Valeree Elizabeth Durbin, Monica Mae Holdaway (Chris) and Heather Pauline Anderson (Colt); 3 stepchildren, Aaron Nicolaides (Valerie), Kevin Nicolaides (deceased) and Matthew Nicolaides (Tiffany); brother, Kirk Benedict Ford; 9 grandchildren; 6 stepgrandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren. Charles wishes to express his love for his entire family and friends that supported him throughout his life. Visitation will be 9-10am Fri., Aug. 26, at Palm Mortuary, 800 S. Boulder Hwy, Henderson, NV. Graveside service will be 10:40-11:40am at the Southern Nevada Veterans

Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, NV.