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Marie Elizabeth (Betty) FORTE

Marie Elizabeth (Betty) FORTE

Female 1918 - 2004  (85 years)

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  • Name Marie Elizabeth (Betty) FORTE  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 19 Sep 1918  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Death 30 Apr 2004  Columbus, Franklin, OH, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial 4 May 2004  Blendon Central Cemetery, Westerville, Franklin, OH, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I11933  Ancestrees
    Last Modified 29 Sep 2024 

    Father Norman Leroy FORTE, Sr.,   b. 11 Nov 1890, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1980, Erie, Erie, PA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Theresia Rosa LINK,   b. 22 Feb 1897, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1958, Erie, Erie, PA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 5 Jul 1915  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3753  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles B. TRUXAL   d. 10 Nov 1987, , Franklin, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1936  Cumberland, , MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Melissa TRUXAL  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F3339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Sep 2024 

  • Notes 
    • She graduated from Westmont High School in 1937. Betty took free training classes at Penn State that enabled her to worke as an inspector for the ordinance section of the Navy Dept. at the Conshohocken plant in Norristown, PA during Wor II. She literally had to live away from her husband to join in the service. They had expected her husband to be drafted at the time and this gave her a way to help her country and earn $35.00 a week salary while he was gone. (F-653) She and her husband had a daughter, Melissa and adopted twin boys named William and John. The boys moved away as young adults and have not been heard of in years.

      Betty's obituary is as follows from the Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio: TRUXAL Marie E. "Betty" Truxal, age 86, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio died on April 30 2004 at her daughter's home. Member of Church of Our Lady. Veteran of WW II-USAAF. Preceded in death by husband Charles "Jack" Truxal, brothers Henry L. Forte, Norman L. Forte, and William B. Forte. Survived by daughter, Melissa (Ronald) Barber; sister, Doris (John) Dudick; sisters-in-law, Anne P. Forte and Lois E. James; and brother-in-law, Mark (Wilma) Truxal and grandchildren, Nathan B. (Kelley) Doerfler, Roger J. (Heather) Doerfler, and Timothy C. Doerfler; two great grandchildren, Kyle Douglas and Ethan Chase Doerfler; and several nieces and nephews. Friend may call at the HILL FUNERAL HOME, 220 S. State St., Westerville 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday. Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St Paul Catholic Church, 313 N. State St., Westerville. Interment Blendon Central Cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1552] Forte Family Directory, July 1996.

    2. [S256] Hank and Rae Forte Interviewed by L. Dudick 198? In Linda Coate files.

    3. [S2240] Betty Forte Truxal interviewed by Linda Coate on Aug. 28, 1998 (F-585).

    4. [S2241] Obituary for Betty Forte Truxal (The Columbus Dispatch, May 2, 2004 edition).