Farmer, community activist.
Born on the family farm near Emerson on 31 January 1930, son of Willo Sterritt Forrester and Marjorie Lovering, he farmed in the Aux Marais district. On 6 February 1957, he married Kathleen Baird at Glasgow, Scotland and returned to Canada. He served on the board of the Manitoba Sugar Beet Growers Association. He was active in the construction of St. Andrew's United Church, Emerson Community Complex, and Halbstadt Marais Water Co-op. His passion for restoring sugar beet equipment led him to help establish the Sugar Beet Museum at St. Joseph. He was a member of the Post Road Heritage Group and spent many hours at Fort Dufferin. He died at Emerson on 8 September 2021.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 18 September 2021.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 September 2021
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