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Jeanne Elaine Gaffney Forsyth

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Birth	:	8 Apr 1922 Vermont, Fulton County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	6 Aug 2011 Mellette, Spink County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Fairview Cemetery, Northville, Spink County, USA
Coordinate	:	45.1599998, -98.5841980
Inscription	:	Loving wife mother and grandmother
Description	:	Funeral service for Jeanne Elaine Forsyth, 89, Aberdeen will be 2:00pm, Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at the Northwestern United Methodist Church in Mellette, SD. Pastor Jon Damaska will officiate. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Northville, SD. Jeanne died on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at Bethesda Home of Aberdeen. Jeanne Elaine (Gaffney) Forsyth was born on April 8, 1922 in Vermont, IL to Lucile (Pennington) and Walter Clare Gaffney. At age 7, after her mother's death, Jeanne was raised by her grandparents, Rosaline and Walter Bernard Gaffney. Jeanne grew up in Vermont, attended grade school and graduated as valedictorian... Read More	Funeral service for Jeanne Elaine Forsyth, 89, Aberdeen will be 2:00pm, Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at the Northwestern United Methodist Church in Mellette, SD. Pastor Jon Damaska will officiate. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery in Northville, SD. Jeanne died on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at Bethesda Home of Aberdeen. Jeanne Elaine (Gaffney) Forsyth was born on April 8, 1922 in Vermont, IL to Lucile (Pennington) and Walter Clare Gaffney. At age 7, after her mother's death, Jeanne was raised by her grandparents, Rosaline and Walter Bernard Gaffney. Jeanne grew up in Vermont, attended grade school and graduated as valedictorian of Vermont High School in 1940. Because she was awarded an academic scholarship, in 1940-1941, Jeanne was able to attend and graduate from Chillicothe Business College in Chillicothe, Missouri. Jeanne played on the college tennis team, and through the years enjoyed watching tennis on television. At Chillicothe, Jeanne met Robert Forsyth of Northville, SD. On August 3, 1941, Jeanne and Bob were married in Wichita, Kansas where they both worked for oil companies. When Bob enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942, Jeanne moved back to her grandparents in Vermont. Their son John was born during a blizzard in Macomb, Illinois after a wild twenty mile ride to the hospital in the only available conveyance-a hearse. In 1945, Jeanne purchased a house she had never seen in Northville and moved from Illinois with her baby son to wait for Bob's return from World War II. Jeanne and John made the trip in the cab of a cattle truck. Jeanne and Bob added a daughter, Joy, and lived in this home for fifty seven years until they moved to the Lakewood Apartments in Aberdeen in December of 2002. In September of 2005, Jeanne moved to Bethesda Home of Aberdeen where she enjoyed cards and crafts and received loving care from the nurses and aides. Jeanne loved working in her Northville home and yard and had a keen sense of design and decorating. She worked at the Mansfield State Bank for a few years. Jeanne enjoyed her flower garden, holidays, crossword puzzles, playing bridge and bingo and was an avid reader. She loved watching her children and grandchildren's events at Northwestern and was a devoted fan of NSU basketball, rarely missing a game. In later life, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were her greatest pleasures. In her younger years, Jeanne belonged to the Northville American Legion Auxiliary and the Northville Methodist Ladies Aid. She was a member of the Northwestern United Methodist Church. Jeanne was preceded in death by her husband of nearly sixty four years, Bob, on July 1, 2005; her parents and grandparents; two brothers, James (Ardis) Gaffney and Walter Clare (Red) Jr. (Idella) Gaffney; two brothers-in-law, William Forsyth and James (Florence) Forsyth; and one sister-in-law, Margaret (William) Mitchell.

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Jeanne Elaine Gaffney Forsyth's memorial is located at: Fairview Cemetery, Northville, Spink County, USA.
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Jeanne Elaine Gaffney Forsyth death on 6 Aug 2011 in Mellette, Spink County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 45.1599998
Longitude: -98.5841980

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