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Longtime parish minister dies

Posted By | Raeann Boero

Vicki Ford was a stalwart Catholic Charities volunteer and supporter

Vicki Ford, a philanthropist who was a lay minister at the same Catholic parish longer than anyone else in Oregon history, died unexpectedly at home Sept. 29.

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