Thomas Frederick Forman

Tom adopted my sister, brother and myself way back in the late 1940's. He was a great dad, gramps, and great-grampa to all of us. My girls, when they were young, called him "bumpa". He raised 11 children with mom; and lived to see his first 2 great-grandchildren (5 generations)! He is missed very
much by all of us, and we often reminisce about either his visits to us, or ours to see him.

I worked with Tom from 1980 to his retirement in the old Department of Mining, Metallurgical, & Petroleum Engineering. Every day at 10:00am, the technical support staff would meet in our designated coffee room. Even though the room changed location several times over the years, out of respect and affection, Tom's favorite chair was always reserved exclusively for him.
Tom radiated an air of gentleness and quiet confidence in everything he did. Over the years, he helped me countless times with electronic problems on complex equipment, notably the X-Ray Diffractometer and the Scanning Electron Microscope. He had a sixth sense about electronics which aided him to quickly diagnose and solve problems and he always did so with a sense of relaxed good humour.

As he was so greatly missed after retiring, so he is now after his passing.
My thoughts are with his entire family during this difficult time.

- Tina Barker

So blessed to have such wonderful memories of this very kind and gentle man. Our deepest sympathy to the Forman Family with love from the Nordell Family

Our condolences to all the Forman family. He was loved and respected by so many people and will be missed by all.
Brenda & Mitch Oshman

My condolences to the children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Your friends are thinking of you and hoping their love and support will help you through a difficult time.

Tom was my Dad's cousin and on the maternal side, the family hailed from Grimsby in the UK. I really only found about Tom, Elaine and his family about 15 years ago when doing some family history research, so we visited them in 2004 and enjoyed much kind hospitality. Tom and I kept in touch after that and I'll certainly miss his Christmas letters. Deepest condolences to the family

I was saddened to learn of Tom's death. I worked with Tom for many years in the Department of Mining and Metallurgy. We shared much in common as we both served as flyers in the RCAF. Tom was very likeable and a delight to have around. He was also very useful in the department as he was able to fix anything electronic. I am sorry that I never kept closer contact with him after he left the university. " Per Ardua Ad Astra"
I wish to express my condolences to his family.
Verne Plitt
Professor Emeritus
Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering, U of A.