Newberg - Florence Adeline Forgard passed away in Newberg, Oregon on Mother's Day, May 8, 2016, at age 95. The younger of two children, Florence was born to Earl and Mabel Fuller on August 9, 1920 on a claim in Big Lake, Minnesota. After living for a time in Bismarck, ND, the family migrated to Portland, Oregon in 1923 where she and her sister, Virginia, attended Kellogg Grade School and Franklin High School. Florence also earned degrees from Cascade College (a Christian college in Portland) and Oregon College of Education (Monmouth). In 1950, she married George Oscar Forgard, and they were married nearly 60 years before he passed away in 2010. They both taught in various elementary schools in Salem.
As a member of Salem Evangelical Church, she served as Children's Sunday School Supt., Director of Children's Literature, and Vacation Bible School Director. In later years, she and her husband attended Salem First Baptist Church. She enjoyed creative arts, gardening, canning, cooking, sewing, and camping with her family in several Western states. Other travels included a tour of Israel with her sister, Virginia, and many trips with George throughout the U.S. as well as visits to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Panama Canal.
Florence was known as a positive, hard-working, and loving person as well as a woman of faith devoted to God, her family, her church, and the children she served both at church and school. She is survived by her children, Georgia Larson (and husband, Dwight Larson), of Newberg; David Forgard (and wife, Susan Forgard) of Winchester; and John Forgard of Salem; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
A celebration of her life will be held at City View Funeral Home in Salem on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 3:00 pm.
Published in the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal on May 11, 2016.
As a member of Salem Evangelical Church, she served as Children's Sunday School Supt., Director of Children's Literature, and Vacation Bible School Director. In later years, she and her husband attended Salem First Baptist Church. She enjoyed creative arts, gardening, canning, cooking, sewing, and camping with her family in several Western states. Other travels included a tour of Israel with her sister, Virginia, and many trips with George throughout the U.S. as well as visits to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Panama Canal.
Florence was known as a positive, hard-working, and loving person as well as a woman of faith devoted to God, her family, her church, and the children she served both at church and school. She is survived by her children, Georgia Larson (and husband, Dwight Larson), of Newberg; David Forgard (and wife, Susan Forgard) of Winchester; and John Forgard of Salem; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
A celebration of her life will be held at City View Funeral Home in Salem on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 3:00 pm.
Published in the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal on May 11, 2016.
Newberg - Florence Adeline Forgard passed away in Newberg, Oregon on Mother's Day, May 8, 2016, at age 95. The younger of two children, Florence was born to Earl and Mabel Fuller on August 9, 1920 on a claim in Big Lake, Minnesota. After living for a time in Bismarck, ND, the family migrated to Portland, Oregon in 1923 where she and her sister, Virginia, attended Kellogg Grade School and Franklin High School. Florence also earned degrees from Cascade College (a Christian college in Portland) and Oregon College of Education (Monmouth). In 1950, she married George Oscar Forgard, and they were married nearly 60 years before he passed away in 2010. They both taught in various elementary schools in Salem.
As a member of Salem Evangelical Church, she served as Children's Sunday School Supt., Director of Children's Literature, and Vacation Bible School Director. In later years, she and her husband attended Salem First Baptist Church. She enjoyed creative arts, gardening, canning, cooking, sewing, and camping with her family in several Western states. Other travels included a tour of Israel with her sister, Virginia, and many trips with George throughout the U.S. as well as visits to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Panama Canal.
Florence was known as a positive, hard-working, and loving person as well as a woman of faith devoted to God, her family, her church, and the children she served both at church and school. She is survived by her children, Georgia Larson (and husband, Dwight Larson), of Newberg; David Forgard (and wife, Susan Forgard) of Winchester; and John Forgard of Salem; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
A celebration of her life will be held at City View Funeral Home in Salem on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 3:00 pm.
Published in the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal on May 11, 2016.
As a member of Salem Evangelical Church, she served as Children's Sunday School Supt., Director of Children's Literature, and Vacation Bible School Director. In later years, she and her husband attended Salem First Baptist Church. She enjoyed creative arts, gardening, canning, cooking, sewing, and camping with her family in several Western states. Other travels included a tour of Israel with her sister, Virginia, and many trips with George throughout the U.S. as well as visits to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Panama Canal.
Florence was known as a positive, hard-working, and loving person as well as a woman of faith devoted to God, her family, her church, and the children she served both at church and school. She is survived by her children, Georgia Larson (and husband, Dwight Larson), of Newberg; David Forgard (and wife, Susan Forgard) of Winchester; and John Forgard of Salem; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
A celebration of her life will be held at City View Funeral Home in Salem on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 3:00 pm.
Published in the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal on May 11, 2016.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
