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Ronald James Forgy (2017)

FORGY, NESS, MCCONE, DAWSON

Posted By: Shirley Keating (email)
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:23

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Ron Forgy, Winterset

Ron Forgy, 76, of Winterset died Monday, Dec. 25, in hospice care at West Bridge Care and Rehab in Winterset.

Services will be held at Faith Lutheran Church at the Historical Complex in Winterset on Thursday, Dec. 28, at 10:30 a.m., with burial following at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, Jan. 6, 2-5 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Winterset.

Ronald James Forgy, son of Cameron and Dorothy (Ness) Forgy, was born May 4, 1941, in Belmond, Iowa. He graduated from Clarion High School in 1959 and joined the Army in February 1961. He served in Germany for two years and was dismissed from Camp Stewart, Ga., in 1964. Three sons were born to Ron’s marriage in 1962 to Jackie (McCone) Forgy. Ron wore many hats through the years, but remained mostly a farmer and cowboy at heart while he worked as a carpenter, and retired from Des Moines General Hospital as Director of Facilities Management and Engineering in 1997.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his brother, Charles.

He is survived by his wife, Jackie; and sons, Brett of Winterset, Brian (Shanna) of DeSoto and Ben (Maria) of Winterset; and grandchildren, Austin, Alex, Tyanna, Callie and Dawson.

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