DENA FORSTER

Dena Forster  
Dena Forster, nee Nisenfeld, passed away on Sunday, November 14, after a brief illness. She was 86. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Dr. Stanley Forster, to whom she was married for 62 years. A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mrs. Forster graduated summa cum laude from Temple University with a B.A. in Romance Languages in 1957. She taught Spanish during her husband's medical training in Cincinnati and accompanied him during his Army Public Health Service to Puerto Rico. After Dr. Forster's military duties, they relocated to Washington, DC where they remained for the rest of their lives. Mrs. Forster, an avid and accomplished cook and voracious reader with a particular interest in American poetry, walked three miles a day until shortly before her death. She was active in her synagogue and devoted her later years to charity, where she dedicated herself to the guidance and support of people in troubled times. She was predeceased by her, daughter, Molly; brothers Eli, Cy, Jay and Howard; and her husband, Stan. She is survived by her children, Louis (Rurika Nakagawa), Henry (Kelly), and Susan; her grandchildren Samantha (Mark Hafner), Brendan (Hiromi Namikawa), Jessica (Noel Garcia), Kevin (Sarah Cunningham), David (Mimi Gu), Madison, Cara, Julia (Jeremy Kaner), Ben, and Cyrus; her great-grandchildren Arianna, Ethan, and Gordon; and her siblings, Frank (Sue), Steven (Rochelle), Barbi and Marc (Bonnie). Memorial services will be held at Temple Emanuel, 10101 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, MD., at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16. Interment will follow at King David Memorial Park, Falls Church, VA.