Ford & Sons Funeral Home 1001 N. Mt. Auburn Road P.O. Box 69 Cape Girardeau, MO 63702-0069 Ford & Sons Funeral Home 118 S. Sprigg Street Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 Ford & Sons Funeral Home 142 S. Winchester Benton, MO 63736 Phone (All locations): 573-334-1313 Fax: 573-335-2323 E-mail: Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery 2315 Hwy. 61 North Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Phone: 573-334-1909 Fax: 573-334-5072

Ford & Sons Funeral Home       Our History       Funerals and Cremation Services       Advance Funeral Planning       Monuments       Cape County Memorial Park       Locations       Our History       On November 1, l949, Walter H. "Doc" Ford and Ross Young opened the doors to Ford-Young Funeral Home on Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In 1953, Walter J. Ford, Walter H.’s son, bought out the Young family interests and the name changed to Ford & Sons Funeral Home. Four years later, in 1957, Walter J. Ford and his wife Iris took over as acting managers of the funeral home and also opened a branch in Benton, Missouri. In order to better serve the community, many additions have been made to the Sprigg Street location over the years. In 1986 Ford & Sons purchased the Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery and in 1988 purchased Walther's and Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Homes in Cape Girardeau. Shortly after the purchase the firm was merged into the Ford & Sons corporation. In 1980 Cliff Ford joined his parents in the family business to be followed in 1983 by his brother Kevin. Then, in 1990, the Mt. Auburn Road location was established. Management of the three funeral homes has been turned over to Cliff, and Kevin manages Cape County Memorial Park and the pre-need sales program.   Funerals and Cremation Services   Ford & Sons offers both traditional funeral services as well as cremation services. We are Southeast Missouri’s cremation leader, with a new cremation showroom introduced in 1999. Ford & Sons has the flexibility to offer services that are meaningful and also meet the needs of the families that we serve. At Ford & Sons Funeral Home you have the choice to create different types of ceremonies - from simple, intimate and economical to larger and more traditional. Services offered at Ford & sons include:   • Traditional - having a visitation with a church      service or service at the funeral home.   • Cremation - with or without a visitation and      service.   • Graveside - having a service only, at the      graveside.   • Immediate burial - no visitation or service.   • Forwarding and receiving - the deceased to or      from another funeral home