OBIT: Myrtle (HOUSTON) FORNEY, 1946, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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MYRTLE FORNEY

Tragic Death of Wife of Lt. Col. Harry E. Forney

Popular Berlin Lady Killed in Car Crash in New Jersey

  BERLIN, July 17 - Mrs. Myrtle Forney, 51, one of the most popular residents of 
Berlin was fatally injured about 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 10, while enroute 
from Trenton, N.J., to keep a dinner appointment with her husband, Lieut. Col. 
Harry E. Forney, formerly a successful Berlin dentist, now stationed at Fort 
Dix, N.J., as an officer of the U.S. Army.
  While awaiting the arrival of his wife to join him at dinner, the officer 
received notice of the accident which proved fatal to his wife and resulted in 
the serious injury of Corporal Wendell H. Emery, of Fort Dix, the driver of the 
automobile in which she was traveling.  
  The wreck occurred at the intersection of the Trenton - Ft. Dix Rd. and 
Monmouth Rd., just three miles from Ft. Dix.

Died of Skull Fracture

  Mrs. Forney died as the result of a fracture of her skull and neck, sustained 
when a truck driven by Harold Worrell of Mt. Holly, N.J., collided with the car 
in which Mrs. Forney was a passenger.  The truck driver is held by New Jersey 
State Police.
  Mrs. Forney, a native of New Castle, Pa., lived in Berlin after her marriage 
for 30 years. She went to Trenton, N.J., two weeks ago to spend some time with 
her husband who is chief of dental service at the Tilton General Hospital at 
Fort Dix.

Son Killed in Plane Crash

  This was the second fatal accident in the Forney family in less than two 
years.  Lt. Col. and Mrs. Forney's only child, Lt. James Forney, U.S. Army Air 
Forces, was killed in a plane crash in North Africa, in Aug. 1944.  He was 
piloting a flying fortress which crashed and all aboard lost their lives.  At 
the time of his son's death, Lt. Col. Forney was enroute overseas and did not 
hear about the sad fate of his son until six weeks afterward.
  Following the end of the war Col. Forney returned to the States and was 
assigned to the important post he now holds at Fort Dix, less than eight months 
ago.  He was at home on leave for a short time before assuming his duties in the 
Tilton General Hospital, while Mrs. Forney remained alone in their lovely home 
in Berlin.

Surviving Relatives

  Myrtle Houston Forney is survived by her husband, her mother, Mrs. Jennie M. 
Houston, of Pittsburgh; three brothers, George Houston, New Castle; William 
Houston, Columbus, Ohio, and Samuel Houston, Pittsburgh; two sisters, Mrs. 
George Carlin, Crafton, and Mrs. J. G. Glenn, Franklin, Pa., and a young 
grandson, Michael Forney.
  Mrs. Forney was a member of the Berlin Lutheran Church, and was active in 
civic movements of the community, and very active in the American Legion 
Auxiliary.
  Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in the Johnson Funeral 
Home, where many friends gathered to pay tribute to one they loved.  Floral 
tributes were beautiful and numerous.  Rev. I. Hess Wagner of Somerset, 
officiated in the absence of her pastor.  Interment in I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
  
Attended Funeral

  Out of town friends and relatives who attended the funeral of Mrs. Forney 
were: Mrs. Thomas Houston, Mrs. Anna Virtue, Mrs. Margaret Moore, Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Gibson, Mrs. Joseph Houston, Mr. and Mrs. James Houston, Mr. and Mrs. 
George Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nahas, all of New Castle, Pa.; Major 
Kegerris, Fort Dix, N.J.; Mr. and Mrs. Houston, Columbus, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 
Houston Jr., Alliance, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Starner, Altoona; Mrs. Marion 
Forney Cole, Butler; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Houston, Mr. and Mrs. George Carlin, 
Mrs. Anna Grimes, Miss Mary Grimes, Mr. and Mrs. John Weyant, Mr. and Mrs. Frank 
Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Charles;, Mrs. Jennie Houston, Mrs. James Wood and 
daughter, Margaret, all of Pittsburgh; Mr. and Mrs. Gay, Phoenixville; Mr. and 
Mrs. J. D. Glenn and family, Franklin; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Knepper, Cumberland; 
Mrs. Anna Forney, Short Beach, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tait, Hugh Houston, 
Mrs. Sadie Houston, and Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, all of New Castle.

Meyersdale Republican, July 18, 1946