of Magazine, AR
December 11, 1934 - February 8, 2015
Charles Raymond Forst, 80, of Magazine passed from this life on February 8, 2015 in Booneville following a battle with cancer. He was born at the family home in Subiaco on December 11, 1934. Raymond was a 1953 graduate of Subiaco Academy and served in the U.S. Army for two years. He was a former employee of Gretsch Guitar, a retired self-employed small engine mechanic, and a life-long avid musician. He faithfully attended Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Booneville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry B. and Theresa (Hug) Forst; his loving spouse of forty-nine years, Molly A. (Neumeier) Forst; and two brothers, Winifred Forst and Kenneth Forst.
Raymond is survived by one daughter, Melinda Jenkins and husband Steve of Charleston; two sons, Ray Forst and wife Deann of Magazine, Randy Forst and wife Kelly of Middletown, Rhode Island; three sisters, Theresa and Jim Stengel of Ratcliff, Jeanette and Sid Vogelpohl of Paris, Alice and Bryan Wortham of Pleasant Hill, Missouri; four brothers, John and Karen Forst of Subiaco, Harold and Bertha Forst of Tulsa, Jim and Marsha Forst of Tulsa, David Forst of Subiaco; and sister-in-law, Mary Lee Forst of Tulsa; nine grandchildren, Anessa Fittro, Hannah Jenkins, Sydney Vargas, Jillian Jenkins, John Jenkins, Beth Forst, Trever Farrar, Malachi Forst and Chance Forst.
Pallbearers will be his nephews.
Rosary at Booneville Funeral Service Chapel at 5:30 p.m. with visitation to follow from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, February 12, 2015.
Funeral Mass at Saint Joseph Catholic Church 10:00 a.m. Friday, February 13, 2015 with burial at Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Paris under the direction of Booneville Funeral Service.
Please accept my condolences on the death of Charles. I am very sorry for your loss of a man who, by the extent of his large family, will be greatly missed. My prayers will continue to be with all of you at this difficult time. God bless!
Randy,
So sad to hear of your father's passing. May his memory be eternal!
Flo
Randy,
Sorry to hear about your father. My condolences to you and your family.
Charlie
I am very sorry for your loss. My sympathy and thoughts are with you.
Randy, I am so deeply sorry for the loss of your father. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
With deepest sympathy,
Kelly
Randy,
So sorry to hear about your Dad. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this difficult time.
Robin Carlone
Randy, I am sorry to hear about your Father. Please accept my condolences to you and your family.
Randy I am truly sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Randy and family,
My deepest sympathy in the loss of your father.
Randy,
Very sorry to hear of your loss. My condolences to you and your family during this difficult time.
Sincerely,
Leigh Murphy
I am so sorry for the loss of your father. You are in my thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.
Randy and family,
I am so sorry for your loss. Please know you are all in my thoughts and prayers
Sincerely,
Heather Hopkins
...dear randy, always cherish the good memories... ~JMR~
Ray, my prayers go out to you and your family. Its not easy to say a final good bye. Just hang on to all the good times you all had and the love you shared. If there is any thing I can do please let me know. Love ya Ray. Jimmy
We will really miss him. He was a good friend to all of us. Mary and I would go down and visit with him and he always walked us out to our car. We have a lot of good memories that we will always cherish. To all of his family you are in our prayers.
Joe, Mary, Doug, James, Caitlyn and baby Bradley.
Raymond was a very special person with a wonderful talent. He was such a strong lead guitarist and had a beautiful, soothing voice which reflected his personality and nature. I was indeed very privileged to have played with him albeit for a short period of time. My condolences to the family.
We are sorry to hear about Raymond's death. We will always remember his playing with us at the Senior Center and at the Magazine Jam Sessions. He was a good guy and will be missed by many. Your family is in our hearts and prayers.
Gene Nelson
We enjoyed Raymond's guitar playing and singing so much each Thursday night at the Plainview, AR VFW with Jimmy's Ole Country Band. A very talented man with a great voice, and a very kind humble person. We will miss him so much. The family has my condolences.
Freeda Jean-Banning
So sorry to hear of Raymond's death. He was such a nice person and we will all miss him.