Show MRS FORD CRITICALLY ILL SHE WAS LYING AT THE POINT OF DEATH LAST NIGHT The Announcement Will Be Heccived With Sorrow Throughout the West Where She Has Lived Forty Years announcement of the critical illness ill-ness of Mrs Catherine Ford it being said that she would probably pass i away during the night will cause 1 sorrow In many a home not only Jn Salt Lake and Utah but In Nevada and California For forty years Mrs Ford lived in the West and wherever she has lived her friends have been counted by scores and hundreds She was a kindhearted liberal woman and will be greatly mourned by those who knew her bcst Sonic elghtcen years ago Mrs Ford came to this city and has since been engaged in business here For years Fords ns it Is known has been one of the most popular hotels in the city The deceased was born in Ireland sixtyfour years ago and came to this country as a child She was married I about thirtyfive years ago and her husband John D Ford and son William Wil-liam F Ford silrvlvejier Four years ago Mr and Mrs Ford burled theii only daughter Theresa and those nearest to Mrs Ford say that she novel quite rallied from the shock of her daughters death While not having been illMrs Ford has suffered more or less for two years past Early In December she was attacked at-tacked with a serious illness and has since been confined to her room time greater part of the time On Friday Mrs Fords illness assumed a critical stage since which time she gradually sanlf until the end seemed near Heart failure caused by a complication of kidney disease was the immediate trouble |