Gertrude Gall Forbes

I remember Gert, who would always get the neighborhood kids together just before we would go out on Halloween evening and she would make a big spaghetti dinner for all of us.
Later in my life, she would come out and I would cut her hair and we would reminisce about all the good time and people in the 'hood. My condolences to the family, She was a wonderful lady!

There was many times growing up that my mother, Pat Mohn Daly, would share childhood stories about her time with Gert & Addy.

The first time I met her during a visit to Minnesota, I felt I'd know her my whole life.

Our face to face visits over the years were few, but we enjoyed the exchange of Christmas cards each year.

Our thoughts and prayers for the whole Forbes family.

Bill & Deb Daly

I met Trudy Forbes and the rest of the Forbes family through my friendship with Mark at the UW. I was fortunate to be invited to their home for various functions. Trudy and Howard were hosts to an eclectic band of friends, family, neighbors, and fellow travelers. Usually based around the big kitchen table, there swirled conversations, arguments, laughter, occasional upset quickly resolved and typically some enlightenment. Trudy and Howard were always welcoming and inclusive. I felt connected...

How fortunate I was to be a friend of both Trudy and Howard and the Forbes family. A new arrival many years ago to the Great Pacific Northwest and immediately accepted into the Family Forbes, How fortunate was I.

The subsequent evenings spent at the cabin on the porch, around the table, watching and learning how to cook on a wood stove and always spirited discussions on teaching, good books, travel and most everything Irish, how fortunate was I.

Trudy liked me though loved my...