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for Jack Forrester
Jeanie (Key) Smith
January 27, 2025
My fondest memories of Jack & Katherine are the wonderful holiday dinners we shared with their family during the three years my husband Leland (Lee ) & our 2 older children Elizabeth (Beth and Michael (Mike) shared with them at their home in Menlo Park, CA in the late 1960s. I still make Jacks' recipe for "Yorkshires" (actually a wonderful popover flavored with a bit of beef broth from the main dish Prime Rib.= of beef. Lee and I speak of the good times we had with the Forresters. May God bless them this day and every day.
Love
Jeanie and Lee Smith
Jean L Smith
January 27, 2022
I am the niece (Jean Leslie Key) who discovered that Jack and Katherine had been in the same wedding. When I told my mother, she immediately found a way to "re-introduce Jack and Katherine to each other. The rest is history. After I married and moved to the San Francisco Bay area, my husband, Lee and I and our 2 children spent many holiday dinners at the Forrester's. Fifty years and a few cross- country moves later our Christmas dinner is still Prime Rib, Yorkshire Pudding and Grandma Forrester's Plum Pudding with brandy sauce. Wee have many wonderful memories of delicious meals with the Forrester family.
Gary Yasumoto
February 26, 2011
Mrs. Forrester, Sue, Les, Steve, Jan and TOMF (and the rest of the Forrester Family), I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I have so many great memories talking with "Jackson". I will have a glass of Red and some Fondue to celebrate a man who was so great and caring.
Love,
Gary Yasumoto
Jennifer King
February 8, 2011
When I think of Great Uncle Jack, I think of laughing over a wonderful meal with family. His joy and passion for life will live on in our hearts. We are remembering you in our thoughts and prayers.
Marsha Wells
February 5, 2011
My thoughts and prayers are with the whole family. Jack is home and whole again, and will be missed by all. The many SAI dinners and other occasions when we met and talked are a fond memory of a warm, happy, caring man who was always there for family and friends.
Jeanie Smith
February 4, 2011
I am Jeanie, the “aforementioned niece” who came home from Katherine’s choir rehearsal and told my mother (Jack’s older sister and the quintessential matchmaker) that “Miss Mills was in the same wedding as Uncle Jack.” The rest, as they say, is history. As a reward, I became their official babysitter when they moved to La Mirada. After my husband and I moved our family to Northern California in 1968, we enjoyed many wonderful holiday dinners with Jack & Katherine and their family. When our family moved to Chicago, our children insisted on Christmas Dinner “just like Uncle Jack used to make, i.e. Prime Rib Roast, Yorkshire pudding, Caesar Salad, and Plum Pudding with Brandy Sauce for dessert; subsequently adapting Jack’s recipes to the Mile High Denver altitude for a truly moveable feast.
Jack loved good music, good food and his family. May we all celebrate his life as we share good food and good music with those we love.
Cheryl (Sutton) Woldseth
February 4, 2011
My thoughts are with the rest of Jack's family. He is now somewhere wonderful, and the rest of us are without him. Be well, everyone, and enjoy each other while we can.
Gerry Key
February 3, 2011
I remember listening to Uncle Jack play boogie-woogie piano in the living room at our house in Hollywood Riviera, his boisterous laugh, babysitting his & Katherine's kids at their house in La MIrada, and most of all those incredible meals he prepared with such flourish. Bon Appetit, Jack, Bon Appetit!
Chris Smith
February 3, 2011
Jack was always warm and friendly, with a fond greeting for everyone he encountered. He faced the decline in his health and faculties with with a cheerful resolve, knowing that one day he would be made whole and perfect again.
Michael Kevane
February 3, 2011
Jack always acted as a wonderful "uncle-in-law" to me and the family. We will miss him dearly.
Wendy Nelson
February 3, 2011
Jack had a beautiful smile, and I enjoyed greatly singing with him in our choir over the years. He was a good conversationalist, too, and I enjoyed listening to his stories.
Juliana Tzeng
February 3, 2011
Dear Katherine & Family,
The image still fresh to me that Jack walked around and talked when we practice the music together for the past years!! May God bless and with you forever .
February 3, 2011
Dear Katherine,
Last Sunday Chinar texted me from church about Jack's passing. I was very sorry to hear that. May God comfort you and your family as you grieve this loss. Last week I substituted for Alishan at a memorial service at Westminster. I loved what the minister did. As he was reading the biography of the lady who had passed away, he mentioned her date of birth but not her date of death. He said, "For us believers in Jesus, there is no death, but we pass from life into eternal life." (my paraphrase). Praise God for this assurance. We'll be there next Saturday to celebrate Jack's life with you.
Diane Key-Oestreich
February 3, 2011
So many memories! I remember when I rejoiced that Jack and Katherine were engaged, because now she was my "half aunt." His laugh, his stories and his memories of growing up--and the stories of his sisters about their baby brother--all bring sweetness to the sorrow of losing Jack.
February 3, 2011
Dear Leslie & Family,
Our sincere sympathy for your family. Your father was obviously an amazing man and now we can all see where you got you pizzaz! Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Sincerely,
Kristi & Steve Holetz
Phyl "One L" Geller
February 3, 2011
Sue and Family,
My sincere condolences to all of you; your dad was one of a kind. Here's to Jack~ toasting him with a glass of Pinot !
Coral Henning
February 3, 2011
Celebrating a life well lived. Cherish the memories forever. He was an awesome father. I am honored to have known him.
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