Robert "Bob" Edwin Forster
Robert "Bob" Edwin Forster
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Robert "Bob" Forster Obituary
HENDERSON – Robert “Bob” Edwin Forster, 73, of Ruin Creek Road, died September 29 2025, at his home. Born August 13, 1951 in Patterson, N.J. he was the son of the late Leanore Dechert Forster and Edwin Forster and the widower of Sandra Smith Forster.
Robert was a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War. He was the owner and operator of Henderson Glass Company for 30 years, from 1978 until 2008, and was a member of First United Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 2:00 P.M. in the chapel of J.M. White Funeral Home by Rev. George Loveland. Burial will follow in Sunset Gardens.
Bob is survived by two sons, Brett Forster of Las Vegas, NV, and Mark Forster of Clayton, WI; his grandson, Hendrix Forster; his sister, Ethel Forster Jordan and husband, Keith of London, England; and three nephews, Andrew Keith Jordan, Peter Rajiv Jordan and Timothy Prem Arnold Jordan.
The family will receive friends Monday from 6:00 until 7:30 P.M. at J.M. White Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home.
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