Max(ine) Lynn Cooper Ford, a vibrant, and fiery woman, passed away peacefully in Kennewick, Washington, on April 2, 2025, surrounded by her friends and family. Max was preceded in death by her father and mother, Dick and Helen Cooper, and her older sister, Joanne Tehrani. She was briefly survived by her beloved husband, Darwin M. Ford, who passed July 11, 2025. She was survived by her four children, Laura Hale, Richard Curtin (Nicia), Jill Renz (Curtis), and TJ Cooper (AdriAnne); two sisters, Shirley Cooper-Aguilar (Gene), Sandy Cooper (Greg Anthon), her nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter, many cherished friends, Cousins and extended family members. She was born on December 26, 1955, in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Helen and Dick Cooper. Living 1st in Alden, then in Freeborn, Minnesota. The Coopers lived on a farm for five years before adventuring west, Roy, Utah, where Max spent the early part of her childhood before moving back across the country to Hanover, Massachusetts in 1966. She graduated Hanover High School in 1974. It was in Hanover she met her first husband, Philip W. Curtin, they married in 1974. She gave birth to her first son Richard E. Curtin in 1977. After a divorce, Max moved to Ogden, Utah, where she found her passion working as a fire dispatcher! In 1980, she married Keith Anderson and in 1981 gave birth to her second son, T.J. Cooper. After her second divorce, Max met the love of her life, Darwin M. Ford. They married in 1995, and she embraced the role of Mom #2 to Darwin’s two daughters, Laura and Jill, treating them as her own. Max and Dar’s life together took them to new home in Kennewick, Washington, where they spent the remainder of their years. At this time, Max transferred from the DOD, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah to the Department of Energy, where she worked for many years, retiring after 33 years of Federal service. Max loved houseboating at Lake Powell, with her friends and family, and decorating her home for every holiday. In her retirement, Max rediscovered her passion for painting, using it to spread joy. Max was active volunteering for multiple painting events, forming deep and lasting friendships along the way. Her warmth and generosity touched the lives of all who knew her. Max’s family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation, an organization that was close to her heart due to her mother’s long struggle with the disease. Donations can be made at http://www.alz.org/donate. Max and Dar have headstones in the Ogden Cemetery and Max also is commemorated in Alden, Minnesota cemetery with her parents and other family members.