Salem - Grace McCoy died on May 16, 2020 of causes relating to being 100. She was born in Grace City, North Dakota to Wiley and Alta Forquer on November 23, 1919. Her family moved to Yakima, Washington during the depression and later moved to Sweet Home, Oregon where she graduated from high school in 1937. She married George McCoy in 1940. They had 2 children, a daughter Janice and a son James. When her husband suffered a severe stroke in 1961 she went to work for a Sears catalog store and later a newly established TV cable company, where she retired in 1985. She then moved to Salem to be closer to her daughter and volunteered at the Salem Public Library for 18 years.
She loved to travel and visited several countries; including China, India, and Africa. The last 7 years of her life were spent at Bonaventure of Salem. She enjoyed the staff and the activities they offered, especially the bi-plane ride at age 98 and bean bag baseball. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1978, her son in 1979 and brothers Irvin and Richard Forquer. She is survived by her daughter Janice Phillips of Salem, sisters Virginia Ewing of Sweet Home, Dorothy Lanning, Shirley Engeman and brother Seth Forquer of Eugene and numerous nieces and nephews. She will be cremated and buried in the family cemetery in Peoria, Oregon. Per her request there will be no service.
Published by The (Salem, Oregon) Statesman Journal from May 18 to May 21, 2020.
She loved to travel and visited several countries; including China, India, and Africa. The last 7 years of her life were spent at Bonaventure of Salem. She enjoyed the staff and the activities they offered, especially the bi-plane ride at age 98 and bean bag baseball. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1978, her son in 1979 and brothers Irvin and Richard Forquer. She is survived by her daughter Janice Phillips of Salem, sisters Virginia Ewing of Sweet Home, Dorothy Lanning, Shirley Engeman and brother Seth Forquer of Eugene and numerous nieces and nephews. She will be cremated and buried in the family cemetery in Peoria, Oregon. Per her request there will be no service.
Published by The (Salem, Oregon) Statesman Journal from May 18 to May 21, 2020.
Salem - Grace McCoy died on May 16, 2020 of causes relating to being 100. She was born in Grace City, North Dakota to Wiley and Alta Forquer on November 23, 1919. Her family moved to Yakima, Washington during the depression and later moved to Sweet Home, Oregon where she graduated from high school in 1937. She married George McCoy in 1940. They had 2 children, a daughter Janice and a son James. When her husband suffered a severe stroke in 1961 she went to work for a Sears catalog store and later a newly established TV cable company, where she retired in 1985. She then moved to Salem to be closer to her daughter and volunteered at the Salem Public Library for 18 years.
She loved to travel and visited several countries; including China, India, and Africa. The last 7 years of her life were spent at Bonaventure of Salem. She enjoyed the staff and the activities they offered, especially the bi-plane ride at age 98 and bean bag baseball. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1978, her son in 1979 and brothers Irvin and Richard Forquer. She is survived by her daughter Janice Phillips of Salem, sisters Virginia Ewing of Sweet Home, Dorothy Lanning, Shirley Engeman and brother Seth Forquer of Eugene and numerous nieces and nephews. She will be cremated and buried in the family cemetery in Peoria, Oregon. Per her request there will be no service.
Published by The (Salem, Oregon) Statesman Journal from May 18 to May 21, 2020.
She loved to travel and visited several countries; including China, India, and Africa. The last 7 years of her life were spent at Bonaventure of Salem. She enjoyed the staff and the activities they offered, especially the bi-plane ride at age 98 and bean bag baseball. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1978, her son in 1979 and brothers Irvin and Richard Forquer. She is survived by her daughter Janice Phillips of Salem, sisters Virginia Ewing of Sweet Home, Dorothy Lanning, Shirley Engeman and brother Seth Forquer of Eugene and numerous nieces and nephews. She will be cremated and buried in the family cemetery in Peoria, Oregon. Per her request there will be no service.
Published by The (Salem, Oregon) Statesman Journal from May 18 to May 21, 2020.
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