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Ernest Wayne Forney

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Ernest Wayne Forney

Birth
Thurman, Fremont County, Iowa, USA
Death
23 Jul 1999 (aged 101)
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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ERNEST W. FORNEY, 101, died July 23, 1999, in Colorado Springs. He was a pressroom foreman and mechanical super-intendent retired from The Gazette after 40 years.

Mr. Forney was born July 22, 1898, in Thurman, Iowa. He was married to Grace Ryan, who is deceased. He was then married to Lila Mae Mims, who is deceased. He was married Dec. 11, 1971, to Maxine Lewis, who is deceased.

He is survived by a son, Joseph W.; a sister, Rebecca Muehring; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday with a rosary at 6 p.m. at Swan Law Funeral Directors, 501 N. Cascade Ave., 471- 9900. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Pauline Chapel, 2 Park Ave. Private inurnment will be in Indiana.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the giver's choice.

Colorado Springs Gazette
July 26, 1999

ERNEST W. FORNEY, 101, died July 23, 1999, in Colorado Springs. He was a pressroom foreman and mechanical super-intendent retired from The Gazette after 40 years.

Mr. Forney was born July 22, 1898, in Thurman, Iowa. He was married to Grace Ryan, who is deceased. He was then married to Lila Mae Mims, who is deceased. He was married Dec. 11, 1971, to Maxine Lewis, who is deceased.

He is survived by a son, Joseph W.; a sister, Rebecca Muehring; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday with a rosary at 6 p.m. at Swan Law Funeral Directors, 501 N. Cascade Ave., 471- 9900. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Pauline Chapel, 2 Park Ave. Private inurnment will be in Indiana.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the giver's choice.

Colorado Springs Gazette
July 26, 1999



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