SHIRLEY ANN FORSBERG

FORSBERG--Shirley Ann.

Died on February 3, 2015. Shirley was intelligent, independent, strong, determined, highly articulate, a loyal friend and a loving sister, aunt, daughter and granddaughter. Shirley was born to Alva Christina Christiansen Forsberg and Rev. G. Theodore Forsberg. Raised in Staten Island, she got a fine education, inspired by her mother and encouraged by her grandparents, John Christiansen and Alfrieda Swenson Christiansen. Shirley leaves her beloved sister Suzanne Rozell Scorsone. She was a loving aunt to Jovanna Scorsone (Andrew Burns), Francesca Scorsone, Caterina Scorsone (Rob Giles), Elias Scorsone (Anna Jung Scorsone) and Debora Scorsone. She was the great-aunt of Carmen Scorsone, Anya Burns, Scarlett and Verona Scorsone and Eliza Giles. Shirley loved art, and travelled to the great museums and sites of the world. She was editor-in-chief of the student poetry journal of Wells College. Her poetry won prizes. She began with Dun and Bradstreet with her BA in hand, and retired as Vice-President and Corporate Secretary. One of her nieces asked her whether she had been part of the feminist revolution. "Well, no," she said. "I just went to work." By so doing, she not only made a very significant contribution to the work of the company which meant so much to her. She was one of those who opened doors for countless women across the business world. She would enjoy the comments of some of her former colleagues. "Shirley was a fine lady who was a New Yorker through and through." "Shirley was one of the classiest ladies Ive ever met, who never had an ill word to say about anyone." To her nieces and nephew, and now to the next generation, particularly Carmen, she has been both role model and inspiration, their loving aunt who visited them, took them to New York museums and always remembered their birthdays. In her last years she said, often and often, that she wanted "to go to God." Now she has.