FORSYTH, CHARLOTTE WISHART Passed away peacefully on March 15, 2013, age 96 years, in the company of her family at the Penticton Regional Hospital. Charlotte was a resident of Dawson Creek 1943 - 1960 and Penticton for the next 53 years. She was a devoted member of the Dawson Creek United Church, then the Penticton United Church and a founding member of the South Okanagan Geneology Society. She was predeceased by her husband, Roger Forsyth, in 1987. Charlotte was born the daughter of a Minister in Dundee, Scotland who came to minister to village churches in Quebec and various small Eastern Township communities. She became a nurse in 1938 and then a nursing instructor during the Depression in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. There she met and soon married Roger Forsyth, moving to Dawson Creek to become involved in the wartime construction of the Alaska Highway. Roger established a large trucking company called Northern Freightways and became the first Mayor of Dawson Creek when it became a city in 1958. Roger and Charlotte's 3 children grew up in Dawson Creek until the family moved to Penticton in 1960. Charlotte is survived by her son, Jim (Joanne); daughters, Donna (Peter) and Ann; grandchildren, James, Steven, Tina, Jeanne and Marlee; great grandchildren, Jordon, Mitchell, Lauren, Emma, Sophie, April and Quinn. A Celebration of Charlotte's Life will be held at Penticton United Church (696 Main St.) on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations to Penticton United Church.
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