Donald G. Forbes

May 7, 1916 - Feb 23, 1989

Donald G. Forbes, 72, of 2228 Markham 'St., Manitowoc, died unexpectedly Thursday afternoon, February 23, 1989, at Holy Family Medical Center, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Sunday at Reinbold-Pfeffer Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc. Rev. William B. Plank will officiate.

Mr. Forbes was born May 7, 1916, at Redgranite, Wisconsin, son of the late Clarence A. and Ella Walker Forbes. He was educated at South Bend, Indiana, and was a graduate of Central High School in South Bend. Mr. Forbes came to Wisconsin and was a Purchasing Agent at Lauson Engine Company in New Holstein. He was a Sales Rep for Wico Magneto Company in the Midwest and most recently established his own Manufacturers Representative Company, prior to retiring in 1997. Mr. Forbes was a member of B.P.O. Elks Manitowoc Lodge No. 687.

He married Maxine B. Kiesner, June 7, 1940, at South Bend, Indiana. Survivors include his wife, Maxine, son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Christine M. Forbes of Manitowoc; a daughter, Pamela J. Novato, California; three grandchildren, Susan, Kelly and Dane Hartzell of Sister Bay; a sister, Mrs. R. Leher of Redondo Beach, California; a niece, Bette G. Borst of Scottsdale, Arizona and a nephew, Donald F. Leher of Lancaster, California.

He, was preceded in death by an infant brother.

Article from 25 Feb 1989 Herald-Times-Reporter (Manitowoc, WI)

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