Doris B. Forbes
Doris B. Forbes, 87, Wabash, died at 7:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at Miller’s Merry Manor West in Wabash. She was born Jan. 21, 1929, in Miami County, to Loren English and Vera May (Hiner) Carpenter.
Doris married Junior Maxwell Forbes in Wabash County on June 1, 1947; he died April 1, 2010. She worked for Wabash Magnetics, Vernon Manor Children’s Home, and retired from the Wabash County Health Department. Doris enjoyed playing scrabble and collecting owls.
She is survived by three children: Thomas J. Forbes, Yoder; Eileen Biehl, North Manchester; Brenda ‘Bea’ (Joseph) Oswalt, Wabash; eight grandchildren: Scott (Kim) Jagger, Huntington; Jennifer Becker, Fort Wayne; Amanda (Jason) Randel, Roann; Andrew (Amy) Oswalt, Wabash; David (Heidi) Forbes, Fort Wayne; Leif (Dave) Eberly, Warsaw; Jada (Ben) Tribett; Harley Forbes, both of Ill.; several great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters: Raymond (Doris Jean) Carpenter, Lincolnville; Dorothy Barlow, Kokomo; Phyllis Meyer, North Manchester; Marilyn (Jim) Hoy, Roanoke; Julia Ann Raypholtz, Warsaw, and several neices and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sons: Roger Forbes and Wayne Forbes; two brothers: Robert Carpenter; Donald ‘Max’ Carpenter; three sisters: twin Deloris Airgood; Margaret Clark; Thelma Johnson; and two grandchildren: Tim Forbes; and Kelly Brainard.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Wabash, with Pastor Rick Stone officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 3-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Wabash-Miami Home Healthcare and Hospice.