Stella was born in 1889. She passed away in 1942.[1]
Sources
↑ "New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBS-4L4 : 10 March 2018), Stella Mae Ford, 25 Dec 1942; citing Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, reference 2406, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Santa Fe; FHL microfilm 1,913,315.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGS8-L3H : accessed 18 December 2021), Stella Garretson in household of Samuel Garretson, Maxwell, Colfax, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 50, sheet 3B, family 58, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 913; FHL microfilm 1,374,926.
"Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQK-FWZ : 19 February 2021), Earl A Richey and Stella M Gerritson, 18 Nov 1911, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing no. 4774, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,126.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH1B-P4W : accessed 18 December 2021), Stella M Ford in household of Carlton R Ford, Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 14A, line 34, family 326, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1393; FHL microfilm 2,341,128.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMR7-9FS : 6 January 2021), Stella Ford in household of Carlton Ross Ford, Election Precinct 6 Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-14, sheet 3B, line 59, family 58, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2441.
Monumental inscription. United States of America. Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax, New Mexico. 1942. (b. 1889) FORD, Stella M. GPS: 36.903570, -104.430763. Photographed by: Azure Robinson: taken 28 Feb 2020.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 18 December 2021), memorial page for Stella Mae Gerritson Ford (14 Dec 1889–25 Dec 1942), Find A Grave: Memorial #72654009, citing Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA ; Maintained by Don Stout (contributor 47460796).