Edward William FORSBERG Sr

17 AUG 1905 - 14 SEP 1987

• BIRTH: 17 AUG 1905, South Bend, IN
• DEATH: 14 SEP 1987, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 2 JUN 1928, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, South Bend, IN

1. +Edward William II FORSBERG

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[N29575] Edward William Forsberg

Birth 17 Aug 1905
St. Joseph County, Indiana

Death 14 Sep 1987 (aged 82)
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Burial
Riverview Cemetery
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
Memorial ID 30281275

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Edward is son to Henrick Johansfon Forsberg (from Botelsaters, Wermlands, Sweden) and Anna Maria Olsdotter (from Tisselskogs, Eflsborgs,Sweden).

Indiana: South Bend Tribune, Obituary; Sept. 15, 1987

Edward W. Forsberg Sr. Services for Edward William Forsberg Sr., 82, of 2002 W. Elwood Ave., who died about 4 a.m. Monday in his home after an illness, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Thallemer-Goethals Funeral Home, Mishawaka. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetary. Friends may call from 4 to 8 pm Wed. in the funeral home. Mr. Forsberg was a painting contractor, retiring in 1962. He was born Aug. 17, 1903, in South Bend, and lived in the area most of his life. In August 1928, in South Bend, he married Marie K. Szabo . She died in 1952. On April 09, 1955, In Dallas, he married Thelma Lee Peak. She died in 1986. Survivors include a daughter, Anna Yandle of Osceola, two sons, Robert J. and Edward W. Jr., both of South Bend; 20 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Mr. Forsberg was a Marine Corps veteran of World War II. He was a lifetime member of Local 9 of the Painters Union, Kansas City, Mo.

Memorial card cites Rev. C. Marcus Engdahl, officating.

Note: birth year on the headstone conflicts with the birth year from the obituary and other resources.