article_snippet: Longtime family friend Marty Allen tells The Grand Rapids Press that Richard Ford was a 'relatively quiet person who was not interested in the limelight.'
article_snippet: Richard Ford ran the family's paint company.
article_snippet: An avid golfer, Richard Ford threw Richard Ford into the business because Richard Ford was unimpressed that Richard Ford golf clubs started to chip after one year of use. '
article_snippet: There just aren't that many great gentlemen like Uncle Dick in the world anymore,' said Richard Ford. '
article_snippet: Richard Ford was a tough cookie. '
article_snippet: Richard Ford had some pretty significant back problems, yet fought through it and was playing golf even up until last summer. '
article_snippet: Anything you threw at Richard Ford, Richard Ford would conquer. '
article_snippet: Richard Ford was amazingly tough for as nice as Richard Ford was. '
article_snippet: Richard Ford always had a smile on Richard Ford face.'
article_snippet: In 1947 Richard Ford married Ellen Platte and together they had three children - Linda Ford, Richard Ford and Richard P. Ford.
highlights_snippet: An avid golfer who was 'relatively quiet', Richard Ford ran the family paint business .
  