Hortense Neahr Bloomer

(1884–1948)

BIRTH

July 11, 1884

PLACE

Cook County, Illinois, United States

NAME

Hortense Neahr

DEATH

November 20, 1948

PLACE

Hollywood, Florida

FAMILY

MOTHER

Betty Ford

(1918-2011)

HUSBAND

William Stephenson Bloomer Sr.

(1874–1934)

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AWARDS

Hortense Neahr Bloomer was the mother of Betty Ford and two sons. After her husband William Stephenson Bloomer died, she remarried Arthur Meigs Godwin. The Ford Presidential Library records her death in 1948.

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EARLY LIFE

CAREER

DEATH

Hortense Bloomer Godwin died of a cerebral hemorrhage on November 20, 1948, according to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.