OBIT: Gladys Elizabeth (BICKEL) FORCEY, 1982, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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GLADYS ELIZABETH FORCEY

  Mrs. Forcey, 65, of 610 W. 18th St., Tyrone, died at 9:10 a.m. 
Tuesday, June 15, 1982, in Altoona Hospital, after a brief illness.
  She was born April 5, 1917, in Warriors Mark, the daughter of Milton 
A. and Rosa (Solt) Bickel, and Jan. 14, 1944, in Altoona, married 
Franklin J. Forcey, who died Dec. 21, 1981.
  Surviving are a son, Edwin L. Gill of Tyrone; two step-daughters, 
Mrs. Loretta May Turner of Haven Beach, N.J., and Mrs. Dorothea Louise 
Ohrtman of Harrisburg; seven grandchildren, including Edwin L. Gill Jr. 
of New York City, Steven J. Gill of Carlisle and Michael S. Gill of 
Tyrone, all raised in the home, and five great-grandchildren.
  Also surviving are three sisters: Mrs. Mildred Snyder of Tyrone, Mrs. 
Edna Gruber of Cherry Hill, N.J., and Mrs. Iva Kelly of Foster City, 
Calif.
  Mrs. Forcey was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church, 
Tyrone; Tyrone VFW Auxiliary and Tyrone Hospital Auxiliary.
  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 
to 11 a.m. Friday in the Derman Funeral Home, Tyrone.

FORCEY - Services for Gladys E. Forcey of 610 W. 18th St., Tyrone, will 
be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Derman Funeral Home, Tyrone, by the 
Rev. Richard G. Felty. Interment in Burket Cemetery, Warriors Mark. 
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 
a.m. until time of services Friday in the funeral home. Contributions 
in her memory may be made to the Christ United Methodist Church 
Memorial Fund, Tyrone.

Altoona Mirror, June 16, 1982