TORONTO -- A funeral for Diane Ford, the mother of Ontario Premier Doug Ford and late Toronto mayor Rob Ford, was held in Toronto's west end today.
Diane Ford died last Sunday at 85 after a battle with cancer.
Diane's two sons, Randy and Doug, were among the pallbearers who brought her casket into the funeral during a rainy Saturday morning.
Premier Doug Ford described his mother as a matriarch who guided the family through principles of giving back to the community.
Diane Ford's family home in the Etobicoke area of Toronto became a well-known gathering place for family and political events throughout the years.
Former premier Mike Harris was among the people who spoke of her legacy at the ceremony.
Besides being mother to four children and the grandmother to 10, she was wife to the late Doug Ford Sr. who was a member of the Harris government in the 1990s.
