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Submitted: 2/2/15 • Approved: 2/8/15 • Last Updated: 4/18/18 • R763847-G763847-S3
Jan 31, 1922 Buckheart, Douglas, MO
Jan 23, 2007 Cabool
Dau. of Jeff & Clara (Upshaw) Loring
Wilma Doris Forsythe, 84, daughter of Jeff and Clara (Upshaw) Loring, was born Jan. 31, 1922, at Buckheart. She died Jan. 23, 2007, at the Kabul Nursing Home.
After graduating from Mountain Grove High School, she worked for the telephone company in Mountain Grove until she met Richard Maxell Forsythe of Cabool. They were married June 28, 1941, and lived at Fort Sill, OK, for three years, where he was stationed.
They moved back to Cabool to own and operate Tod's Service Station, later purchasing Tod's Motel and Restaurant.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Kathleen Montgomery; and a brother, Willis Loring.
Surviving are her husband, Max; sons, Robert Forsythe of Little Rock, AR; and Steve Forsythe of Cabool; two granddaughters and three great-granddaughters.
Services were Jan. 26 at the United Methodist Church in Cabool with the Rev. Art Ellsworth officiating. Burial was in the Cabool Cemetery under the direction of Elliott-Gentry-Carder Funeral Home of Cabool.
Contributed on 2/2/15 by mjrwag
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