Services for Park H Forte, 79, of 709 Thatcher St., who died Feb 11, 1982, at home, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Summers Funeral Home by Chaplain Sam G. Smith of El Korah Temple of the Shrine. Interment will follow in Morris Hill Cemetery. He was born Aug. 13, 1902 in Butte, Mont. At an early age, he moved to Boise, where he was reared and educated. He married Edna Little on June 26, 1929, in Boise. He worked for several electrical contractors, then owned Park Forte Electric. He was Boise city electrical inspector for 1948 to 1967. He was a past president of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers No. 291. He was a life member of the Elks Lodge No. 310; a past master of Mason's Boise Lodge No. 2; and was a member of El Korah Temple of the Shrine, El Korah Black Lite Patrol and Scottish Rite Bodies, receiving his Knight Commander Court of Honor on Oct 22, 1975. Survivors include his wife of Boise; a daughter, Mary Y. Fitts of Corvallis, Ore.; a son, Duane H. of Boise; a sister, Ora Eytchison of Semi Valley, Calif., four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Monday. Memorial may be made to the Idaho Heart Fund or the American Diabetes Association.
Idaho Statesman, Sunday, Feb 14, 1982 pg 2B
Idaho Statesman, Sunday, Feb 14, 1982 pg 2B
Services for Park H Forte, 79, of 709 Thatcher St., who died Feb 11, 1982, at home, will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Summers Funeral Home by Chaplain Sam G. Smith of El Korah Temple of the Shrine. Interment will follow in Morris Hill Cemetery. He was born Aug. 13, 1902 in Butte, Mont. At an early age, he moved to Boise, where he was reared and educated. He married Edna Little on June 26, 1929, in Boise. He worked for several electrical contractors, then owned Park Forte Electric. He was Boise city electrical inspector for 1948 to 1967. He was a past president of the International Association of Electrical Inspectors and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers No. 291. He was a life member of the Elks Lodge No. 310; a past master of Mason's Boise Lodge No. 2; and was a member of El Korah Temple of the Shrine, El Korah Black Lite Patrol and Scottish Rite Bodies, receiving his Knight Commander Court of Honor on Oct 22, 1975. Survivors include his wife of Boise; a daughter, Mary Y. Fitts of Corvallis, Ore.; a son, Duane H. of Boise; a sister, Ora Eytchison of Semi Valley, Calif., four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Monday. Memorial may be made to the Idaho Heart Fund or the American Diabetes Association.
Idaho Statesman, Sunday, Feb 14, 1982 pg 2B
Idaho Statesman, Sunday, Feb 14, 1982 pg 2B
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