Forrest Marion Austin (1997)

AUSTIN, WILSON, COE, HARPER, LARIMER, SIDDENS, GRAY, ROBERTS, HOFMEISTER, ECKELS, DODD

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 4/5/2006 at 20:54:14

Winterset Madisonian
January 14, 1998

Forrest M. Austin, Afton

Forrest M. Austin, 83, of Afton died Dec. 31, 1997 at Greater Community Hospital in Creston.

Funeral services were held Jan. 3 at Powers Funeral Home in Creston with the Rev. Dwayne Henrichs of Thayer officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery.

Forrest M. Austin was born Aug. 17, 1914, near Arispe to Robert Briggs and Martha J. "Mattie" Wilson Austin. He attended the Arispe and Winterset schools. He married Janice Coe in Winterset Oct. 23, 1938. He worked for the Winterset News and later the Madisonian newspaper, before and after his marriage. Following his marriage, he also farmed in Madison County from 1939 to 1952. Forrest enjoyed woodworking and wrote for the Afton Star-Enterprise newspaper. Mr. Austin and his family held "The Sorghum Days" festival at their farm from 1978-85.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a daughter, Linda Larimer; two sisters, Betty in infancy and Eunice Harper; three brothers, Robert, Leonard and Ivan Austin; and a granddaughter.

He is survived by his wife; three sons, Marion, Gary (wife Alice) and Alan (wife Kathy) Austin, all of Afton; five daughters, Kathryn (husband Gary) Siddens of Afton, Beth Gray of St. Charles, Virginia (husbnd Dick) Roberts of Ozark, Mo., Nancy (husband Lanny) Hofmeister of Creston and Mary Eckels of Thayer; a brother, Jerry (wife Carolyn) Austin of St. Charles; a sister, Frieda (husband Joe) Dodd of Laurie Mo.; 22 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

A memorial will be established in his name.

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