Brenda L. Forsythe

PEABODY — Brenda L. (Stoey) Forsythe, 42, of Peabody, went to be with her Guardian Angel on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House, with her family by her side after suffering with BRAC-1 triple negative Carcinoma for the past four years.

She was the loving wife of Tracy A. Forsythe and the cherished daughter of Raymond P. and Linda (Cunningham) Stoey, all of Peabody.

She was born in Lynn on Feb. 12, 1967, and had resided most of her life in Peabody graduating from Peabody Vets. Memorial High School in 1985. She had been employed in the insurance industry for 23 years working first at General Accident Company, then at Holyoke Insurance Company and later as an executive secretary with the Middle Oak Insurance Company of Salem prior to her disability retirement this past June.

Brenda was elected as a member of the Peabody School Committee serving four years and had been active for many years at the Captain Samuel Brown School PTO. She had been an ardent cat lover and enjoyed baking, nurturing and taking care of her family which meant everything to her.

She loved to watch her TV serials and the Boston Bruins, Red Sox and New England Patriots. Brenda was a member of St. Adelaide's Church and with her husband the ARISE program there.

Surviving her, besides her husband and parents, are her two adored sons, Trevor, 15, and Devon, 12, both of Peabody; her three brothers and sister-in-law, Raymond P. and Jennifer Stoey Jr., of Lynn, Mark A. and Christopher L. Stoey, both of Peabody; her mother and father-in-law, Emery and Sally Forsythe of Peabody; her paternal grandmother, Isabel Stoey of Michigan; her brother and sisters-in-law, Todd and Anna Rossi Forsythe of South Hampton, N.H. and Susan O'Connell of Peabody; her aunts and uncles, Christine and Steve Salata of Michigan, Sylvia and Mark Gielecki of Virginia, Ken and Mary Stoey of Wisconsin, and Sandra and Norm Lavoie of Lynn; her three cats, Monique, Macy and Jasper; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.

ARRANGEMENTS: A visitation will be held on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home, 82 Lynn St., Peabody. Her funeral will be held on Saturday at 9 a.m., from the funeral home, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Adelaide's Church, Lowell St., West Peabody, at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Peabody. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hospice of North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., Suite B102, Danvers, MA 01923; or to North Shore Cancer Center, 102 Endicott St., Danvers, MA 01923, in her memory. For directions and guestbook, visit www.ccbfuneral.com.