OBITUARIES: William FOREST, Hibbing, St. Louis Co., MN ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Submitted by: Kent Robarge 03 August 2007 ************************************************************************ Obituary of William Forest in Dec. 16, 1961 Rice Lake Chronotype (Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI) William Forest Rites Planned at Hibbing Funeral services will be held Thursday at Hibbing, Minn. for William Forest, 74, a Rice Lake native who died there Monday after a lengthy illness. Mr. Forest was born May 12, 1887, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Prosper Forest. He grew up here and served overseas in WWI. Mr. Forest left Rice Lake in 1925 and had been living the past year with a nephew in Hibbing. He was never married. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Joe Tschida of Rice Lake and Mrs. Delvina Gormmersal of Moose Jaw, Canada and by four brothers, Alex of Hibbing, Frank of Milwaukee, Joe of Prince Albert, Sask., Canada and Wilfred of Detroit.