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Ryan ‘Diesel’ Cameron Forbes 1978-2023
It is with great sadness we announce that Ryan ‘Diesel’ Cameron Forbes, 45, died on December 11, 2023, surrounded by the love of family at the Shenkman Palliative Care unit at Bruyère’s Saint-Vincent Hospital after a 5 year heroic battle with rare cancer.
Born on October 30, 1978, to Brenda (Cameron) and Neil Forbes of Kemptville, Ryan was the essence of the small town he grew up in – his heart, infectious smile and compassion made him a friend and family to all who crossed his path.
He was proud to be from Kemptville. Growing up he attended KPS and NGDHS. He played for local fastball teams and junior B hockey with the Kemptville 73’s. He was the ultimate teammate and because of that, for the last 25 years, a ‘Ryan Forbes’ trophy has been awarded each season to the Kemptville 73’s player who played with the “Most Heart”. Ryan was inducted along with his undefeated teammates into the North Grenville Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
Through mutual friends, he met his wife, Julia in 2008. They married in Ottawa in 2013 and settled in Kemptville, where Ryan continued taking great pride in his career as an elevator construction mechanic with IUEC Local 96. Humble, smart, helpful, down-to-earth and quick-witted, Ryan was quick to make friends and collected them wherever he went. He forged bonds and friendships that lasted a lifetime. When Ryan turned his warmth towards you, you felt it, and wanted to be around it. The gift of his friendship will be forever treasured. When he and Julia welcomed Lola in 2015, Ryan approached parenting with characteristic enthusiasm and dedication. He took immense pride in his role as a father – protecting her, joking around with her, introducing her to his care-free country way of living and sharing his passion for sports along the way. He wanted fiercely to stay with ‘his girls’ Lola and Julia, outliving all prognoses to do so. That devotion will resonate through the rest of their lives.
He is cherished and survived by his wife, Julia Forbes, their child, Lola and pup Honeybear; his parents, Neil and Brenda Forbes; his beloved grand-mother Lois Forbes; his in-laws, Linda and Jim Frappier; his brothers, Shawn (Shelley) Forbes and Kevin Forbes; his brother-in-law Justin (Michelle) Frappier; his sister-in-law Jacqueline (Mike) Skelding and his cherished nieces and nephews, Nolan, Rowan, Carson, Blake, Charlize, Chloe, Blake, Brooks, Jordan, Avery, Claire, and Cohen.
Heartfelt gratitude goes out to his medical team, including Dr. Mack of Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Dr. Vickers, Dr. Nessim, Dr. Biewleska, and RN Simone Hamilton of The Ottawa Hospital, its home TPN team, the chemo unit nurses at the Irving Greenberg Cancer Centre, the doctors and nurses at St Vincents who cared for him tremendously in his final days, and to the exceptional home care services of RPN Trish Hadden and NP Melanie Spencley, of the Regional Palliative Care Unit. We also would like to express our appreciation to families, friends, and colleagues, who have supported him immensely over the years.
A celebration of Ryan’s life will take place in the new year with details to follow. In lieu of flowers, a fundraiser for cancer research has been set up in Diesel’s memory at the following link: dieselsarmymerch. myshopify.com or donations can be made in memoriam to the Canadian Cancer Society fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/campaign/Diesels-Army
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Monday December 11th 2023
Death notice for the town of: Kemptville, Province: Ontario
death notice Ryan Cameron Forbes Monday December 11th 2023
obituaries notice Ryan Cameron Forbes Monday December 11th 2023
We offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Ryan Cameron Forbes Monday December 11th 2023 and hope that their memory may be a source of comfort during this difficult time. Your thoughts and kind words are greatly appreciated.
