Parcourez la nécrologie de Nina Grace Forbes April 17th 1926 February 11th 2025 résidant dans la province Ontario pour le détail des funérailles
“To the world, you are a mother. To our family, you are our world.”
With broken hearts we say farewell to the Matriarch of the Forbes Family. Beloved wife of the late Wilfred John Forbes (1979), her husband of thirty-three years before he passed, who together, built a life full of family and friends, many shared interests, and a desire to serve others and their communities. Mom had a life lived with love that was an inspiration to our entire family by showing us how to love and care for others.
Nina was born in Aberarder, Ontario, and moved to a farm on the Egermont Road, Plympton Township, Ontario, after marrying the love of her life and her favourite person in the world, Wilfred. Together they created a loving home on their farm where they raised their 4 children. Nina was of 100% Scottish ancestry, and was a strong, resilient, independent, highly-social, very hard-working woman, wife, and mother.
A determined woman with the warmest heart, Mom believed in and practiced social justice, fairness, and integrity in all that she did. She led a practical and very creative life. Always active, from busily sewing all her children’s clothing, and doing weekly chicken and milk runs to Sarnia families, while jointly running a 200-acre mixed farm, to her involvement in many organizations, such as the President of the Lambton Liberals for multiple years. Then, after the sale of their farm, she moved onto a highly successful real estate sales career in Sarnia as the lead real estate salesperson, while also serving on many volunteer committees such as the Sarnia Committee of Adjustments, Board of Directors for Sarnia Heart and Stroke Foundation, Catholic Women’s League, and the Alzheimer Society. For her volunteer work, she was recognized with the Mayor’s Honour Award in 2004. In the years after her retirement she did not stop working, and became the Returning Elections Officer for many provincial and federal elections where she hired, trained and organized well-planned elections for Sarnia-Lambton. Mom was a mover and a shaker, and this work kept her young at heart.
But most importantly, she loved her family endlessly. Considering herself a lucky and privileged woman, Mom recalled a wonderful life and was always grateful for the many blessings that came her way.
She will be dearly missed by her children – Wayne Forbes (Linda), Barbara Forbes, Nancy Forbes, Christine Preece (Scott) and her grandchildren – Cortney Stephens (Edward), Darcy Forbes (Christina), Leslie Forbes, Owen Cusitar (Rhonda), Harper Forbes (Amy), Luayn Sprik (Fabian), Brent Forbes-Murray, Lauren Forbes-Murray, Cassandra Jasmin (Sam) and Spencer Preece. She was the Great-Grandmother of 11 children –Marleigh Sprik, Sara Forbes, William Forbes, Henry Forbes, Hayden Forbes, Naomi Forbes, Noah Forbes, Forbes Stephens, Xavier Stephens, Samantha Cusitar and Lauren Cusitar. Also surviving are several Brady Family nieces and nephews. Nina was predeceased by her parents Orville Johnson and Margaret (MacFarlane), and by her sister-in-law and brother-in-law–Jim and Helen (Forbes) Brady.
Nina’s family would like to thank the staff of Meadowview Nursing Home, Petrolia, for the loving care they gave to our precious Mom during her stay there, as they brought her many smiles over the past two years. We are so thankful for their genuine care.
As an expression of sympathy and to echo Mom’s belief in social justice support, friends and family members who wish may send memorial donations to The to the Inn of the Good Shepherd or Habitat for Humanity. Messages of condolence and memories may be left at www.smithfuneralhome.ca.
A private family service will be held at the Smith Funeral Home, 1576 London Line, Sarnia, with burial at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery.
To our precious momma, “It might be time to say goodbye; but the memories of you will shine through every time we see the sun ».
April 17th 1926 February 11th 2025
Décès pour la Ville:Sarnia, Province: Ontario
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