We are deeply sorry for your loss - the staff at Mary Butler Meyers Funeral Home
Carol A. Forde went to the Lord on Friday August 20, 2021 in the Riverbend assisted living facility in Kansas City, Kansas. Carol lived at Riverbend for three years. She enjoyed the staff and living there. She was born in Denver, Colorado to her parents, Minor and Frances. Carol graduated high school and attended community college in Rochester, Minnesota, and worked as a legal/business secretary at different times in her life in Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota. Carol enjoyed making friends, education and teaching others, vegetable and flower gardening, and caring for people and animals. She also liked old movies, shows that had a lesson and made you laugh, and keeping in touch with family. Carol married William T. Forde in 1959; they divorced after eighteen years. Carol was preceded in death by her parents, ex-husband William, sister LeEtta, cousins Gerry and Janice, and grandson Jeremy. She is survived by two daughters, Kelly and Becky, her cousin Sharon, grandchildren Jennifer, Ben, John, and Hilda, and great-grandchildren Abby, Emma, Suzanna, Mikey, and Alden.
Carol went to worship service most of her life as a Baptist and Methodist and attended worship services available at Riverbend and Overland Towers in Kansas. She believed in Jesus and that he died for our sins and agrees with the Apostles Creed. Her funeral will be in Rochester, Minnesota on Monday, October 11.
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We are deeply sorry for your loss - the staff at Mary Butler Meyers Funeral Home