Club of San Francisco, Commonwealth Club of California, Press, Transportation, Merchants Institute, Amaurot, and Southern Clubs, and as a Knight Templar. Retirement After his retirement, Ford took up historical studies and literary pursuits. In 1926 he published a novel, Dawn and the Dons: The Romance of Monterey, with vignettes and sketches by artist Jo Mora. Tirey was an avid golfer and won the Club Shield of the Presidio Golf Club in a tournament on January 3, 1916. His hobby for reducing everything to a system led him to keep a record of his first one thousand rounds on the links. On February 19, 1925, Ford was among the 68 charter members of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club. Death and funeral On June 26, 1928, Ford died in his bed due to a sudden heart attack. He was 70 years old. A funeral service was held at Gary's Chapel on Divisadero Street at Post in San Francisco. He was interred at the family mausoleum, at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California. Books Dawn and the Dons; the Romance of Monterey California State Prisons, their history, development and management Articles The Lamp of Experience. Its Light on the Political Situation, 1896 The Law and the Miner, 1896 A Tribute to William McKinley, 1896 Speech on National Issues, 1900 ''The City Imperishable, 1917" References External links Tirey Lafayette Ford Biography Join California Tirey L. Ford 1857 births 1928 deaths Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California) California Attorneys General 20th-century American politicians People from Monroe County, Missouri Politicians from San Francisco Lawyers from San Francisco District attorneys in California People from Downieville, California People from Colusa County, California Republican Party California state senators 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American politicians