Fortner, Forrest B. (Fobbie)

Fortner, Forrest B. (Fobbie)

June 28, 1906 - October 21, 1973

Forrest B. Fortner, 67 of Cayuga, died at 1 am Sunday (October 21, 1973 at his residence. Death was attributed to a heart attack.

Born June 28, 1906 in Vermillion County, Ind, he was the son of Edgar and Martha Rodenbaugh ortner.

Forrest was married in Cayuga, to Celia Snyder, who survives.

Forrest was a retired school bus driver for North Vermillion HIgh School. He had been a bus driver for 16 years. He was a member of the Cayuga Christian Church.

Survivors include two sons, Lary and Phillip both of Cayuga; four daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Self, Mrs. Delores Haga, Mrs. Janice McBride, and Mrs. Lanie Nash all of Cayuga; a brother, Everett Fortner of Cayuga; three sisters, Miss Eva Fortner of Cayuga, Mrs. Lennus McBride of Frankfort, andMrs. Pansy Roderick of Plymouth,Mich. He was proceeded in death by a daughter and sister.

Services will be at 2 PM Tuesday October 21, at the Watson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jack Holycross officiating. Burial will be in Thomas Cemetery in Newport. Friends will be received from 5 - 9 PM Monday October 20, at the furneral home.