Ita Ford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ita Ford

Catholic Martyr of El Salvador

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1940

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 02-Dec-1980

Profession: nun

Nationality: United States, El Salvador

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Sister Ita Ford, M.M.
(April 23, 1940 – December 2, 1980) was an American Catholic Maryknoll Sister who served as a missionary in Bolivia, Chile and El Salvador.
She worked with the poor and war refugees.
On December 2, 1980, she was beaten, raped, and murdered along with three fellow missionaries — Dorothy Kazel, Maura Clarke and Jean Donovan — by members of the military of El Salvador.