Linda Forbes Obituary, A Tribute To A Creative Soul

May 2024 · 2 minute read
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Linda Forbes Obituary, Death Cause – Many of Linda Forbes’s former pupils consider her to be one of the best PORTA teachers; nonetheless, she passed away on September 25, 2023 at Memorial Hospital in Springfield from complications due to a hemorrhagic stroke. Ms. Forbes, the famed educator, began her career as a teacher in Missouri before moving on to PORTA, where she stayed until her retirement in 2003. For over 30 years, she taught all seventh graders social studies, including the Constitution. Linda entered the world in 1943, in Winterset, Iowa.

After moving to Missouri, Linda completed high school and junior college at the School of the Ozarks before transferring to Southwest Missouri State University. She attended Sangamon State University to pursue her master’s degree in history. Linda was an official in the Petersburg Garden Club and a board member at the Petersburg Library, not to mention being a member of the International Educators’ Association, the National Educators’ Association, the Masonic Order of the Eastern Star, and many others. Linda attended the Presbyterian church in Hollister, Missouri, where she was a member.

She also had the ability to fly, having acquired her private and instrumental ratings. Warner and Mabel (Rogers) Forbes were Linda’s parents; Robert W. Forbes, her brother; Mike Forbes, her nephew; and Vicky Forbes Burns, her niece. She is survived by her brother James Forbes in Iowa, her sister-in-law Helen (Robert) Forbes in Missouri, her niece Joni Forbes Schuler (Gary), her nephews Jeff (Gena) Forbes, Robert (Marian), Tom (Tiffany), and great-nieces and great-nephews Lisa (Brian) Hollis and Rhonda Bader. Many of her friends will be very saddened by her loss.

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