Indiana County PA Archives Obituaries.....Forsha, Bertha G. Carlson February 16, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie donaldbuncie@hotmail.com April 10, 2026, 11:12 am Latrobe Bulletin Wed Feb 18 2004 Page A2 Bertha G. Carlson Forsha Navy Veteran Of World War II Bertha G. Carlson Forsha, 84, of Blairsville died Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at Beacon Ridge, Indiana, Pa. Born Nov. 1, 1919, in Hillside, she was a daughter of the late August William and Alvida (Swanson) Carlson. Bertha was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War IL In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Edward Forsha, in 1977; five brothers, Wilbert, Ernest, Carl, Paul and Joseph Carlson, and three sisters, Anna Carlson, Ruth Nicely and Alma Pieter. Surviving are a brother, Hilding B. Carlson and wife, Ruth, of Blairsville, and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in James E Ferguson Funeral Home, 25 W. Market St., Blairsville. VFW Post 5821 and the American Legion will hold a military service Friday morning in the funeral home. Funeral service will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday in the funeral home; Pastor Joe Traynor will officiate. Interment will be in Blairsville Cemetery, Blairsville. Memorial donations may be made to VNA/Hospice Foundation, 1265 Wayne Ave. Suite 303, Indiana, PA 15701. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/indiana/obits/f/forsha21166gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb