Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua mate te tuakana o te tuakana o te peresideni o mua a Gerald Ford. E 90 ōna tau. Ko te matenga o Richard Ford i te Paraire i Grand Rapids i whakapuakina e te Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation. E toru ngā tuakana o Gerald Ford i muri i te marena tuarua a tōna whaea. Ka mea a Marty Allen, he hoa tawhito o te whānau ki The Grand Rapids Press, he 'tangata nohopuku a Richard Ford, e kore nei e hiahia ki te rongonui.' Ko Richard Ford te kaiwhakahaere o te kamupene peita o te whānau. R.I.P.: Ko Richard Ford (matau) te tuakana o te peresideni o mua a Ford, i mate i Grand Rapids i te Paraire. E 90 ōna tau. Ka kitea ia i konei me Vaden Bales, te hunaonga o te peresideni o mua o Ford e whakatakoto ana i te karauna i te wa o te huihuinga i te urupa o te Perehitini Gerald R. Ford i te Rahoroi 14 o Hurae 2007. He kaitakaro korowhaa, i maka ia ki roto i te pakihi no te mea kaore ia i miharo i te mea ka timata ana karapu korowha ki te whakamahi i muri i te tau kotahi o te whakamahi. 'Kare noa iho he tokomaha o ngā rangatira nunui pērā ki a Uncle Dick i te ao,' i mea te irāmutu o J. Gregory Ford. He tangata uaua ia. He nui ōna raruraru ki tōna tuara, heoi i whawhai ia i roto i a ia, ā, i te tākaro poitūkohu tae noa ki te raumati whakamutunga. 'Ko nga mea katoa i maka e koe ki a ia, ka wikitoria e ia. 'He tino pakeke ia mō te pai o ia. He ataata tonu tōna mata. Funeral: Honore pallbearers for former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford in 2006, (L-R) Vice President Dick Cheney, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Ford's half brother Richard Ford, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, former Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-KS) and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft. Ko nga kaikawe honore mo te Perehitini o mua o te US a Gerald R. Ford i te 2006, (L-R) Te Perehitini Tuarua a Dick Cheney, te Tumuaki o mua o te Federal Reserve a Alan Greenspan, te tuakana o Ford a Richard Ford, te Hekeretari o mua o te Kawanatanga a Henry A. Kissinger, te Tumuaki Nui o mua o te Senate a Robert Dole (R-KS) me te Kaitohutohu mo te Haumarutanga Motu o mua a Brent Scowcroft. I mate a Richard Ford i te Paraire. I whai wāhi a Ford ki te kawe mai i te Whare Taonga o Ford ki te taone nui o Grand Rapids i nga tau moata o te 1980. I whanau a Richard Ford i te Pipiri 3, 1924 i Grand Rapids ka noho tahi me te whanau ki nga whare i Union Street me Lake Drive i mua i te neke ki East Grand Rapids. I haere ia ki te Whare Wānanga o Michigan. I te tau 1947 ka marenatia ia ki a Ellen Platte, ā, tokotoru ā rāua tamariki - ko Linda Ford, ko Laurie Ford...
Ko Richard Ford te tuakana o Gerald Ford. I mate ia i Grand Rapids, Michigan, i te Paraire, i te 90 o ona tau. He kaitakaro korowha nui ia, he 'tino ata noho', i whakahaere ia i te pakihi peita o te whanau. Ko ia tētahi o ngā kaikawe rākau i te tau 2006 o te tangihanga o Gerald Ford.