Troy J. Ford

Troy Jeffry Ford, 52, of Sioux City died Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital.
Services will be 11 a.m. today at Central Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lloyd Grant officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Larkin Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home.
Troy was born on Nov. 7, 1962, in Sioux City, to Richard and Kay (Klein) Ford. Troy attended South Sioux City schools until high school when he moved to Sioux City and attended North High, where he played varsity basketball and club basketball. Growing up, Troy loved to swim with his brothers.
One of Troy's loves was slow pitch softball and the many friends and teammates he met over nearly 25 years of playing. In one summer, Troy played almost 170 games. He belonged to four leagues and two complexes. He roamed the outfield for many top teams in Siouxland before moving to pitcher in the last eight years where he earned the nickname "The Butcher" because he threw so much meat. Usually the lead off hitter in the lineup, he would often turn a single into a double. He was a coach's dream and a player's player. Troy was also an avid hunter.
In 1996, he married his biggest fan and perfect match, Liz Washburn. Over the next 19 years they traveled, loved to cook, boated and adored their favorite thing, the family dogs. Troy was a man giving to many and helping anyone in need.
Survivors include his loving wife, Liz Ford of Sioux City; his sweet sissy, Myah; his mother, Kay Ford of South Sioux City; his father, Richard Ford of North Sioux City; brothers, Scott Ford of South Sioux City, Kirk and Deb Ford of Spring Texas, Brent Ford and Angie Moffatt of Hinton Iowa, and Chris Ford of Orange Calif.; stepbrothers, Stacie Ford and Steve Ford; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Robert and Helen Klein and Richard and Dorothy Ford.