Barbara A. Ford, 77, of Bath, died Feb. 12, 2016, in the At Home in Parkland Health and Hospice, Schnecksville. Born in Bethlehem, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Katherine (Geisinger) Collins. She was the wife of Richard M. Ford for 40 years.

She was a 1956 graduate of Liberty High School.

She retired from Miller-Keystone Blood Center where she worked as a data entry clerk.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by three sons, Thomas J. and his wife Suzanne Rieger of Hershey, Richard J. and his wife Cookie Ford and David A. and his wife Anna Ford, all of Bethlehem; a daughter, Patricia A. and her husband Butch Leiby of Germansville; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by a daughter, Mary Rieger; a son, Joseph Rieger; four sisters, Patricia “Patsy” Priestas, Katherine Collins, Betty Jane Reiser and Nancy Hujcs; and three brothers, Robert Collins, Jack Collins and Thomas Collins.

Arrangements were made by Connell Funeral Home Inc., Bethlehem.