Arlene Forte

ARLENE FORTE (FLANAGAN) FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA. PASSED AWAY MAY 13TH. PEACEFULLY AT THE AGE OF 95. JOINING HER BELOVED HUSBAND OF 71 YEARS, JOSEPH, HER BROTHER, PAUL, KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN 1945, AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, RALPH. ARLENE IS SURVIVED BY HER TWO SONS: PAUL (LINDA) OF ROCHESTER AND LAWRENCE (SANDY) OF FT. LAUDERDALE, AND NEPHEW LARRY HARRIGAN, AS WELL AS COUSINS AND MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY NORMA SCALA OF FT. LAUDERDALE. THE FAMILY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE 2 “ANGELS” WHO CARED FOR HER: MARIE CLAIRE BENOIT, AND DANUTA KOPEC. ARLENE WAS BORN IN AUBURN, NY. AND LIVED IN ROCHESTER UNTIL MOVING TO FLORIDA IN 1971. SHE WAS THE TOP SALES PERSON FOR MANGURIANS AND ETHAN ALLEN. SHE AND JOSEPH LOVED EACH OTHER DEEPLY AND WERE THE BEST PARENTS TWO SONS COULD HAVE. SHE WAS A FREE SPIRIT AND NOW HER SPIRIT IS FREE TO RE-JOIN HER BELOVED JOE. A MEMORIAL SERVICE AND INURNMENT WILL BE HELD AT KRAEER FUNERAL HOME, FT. LAUDERDALE ON AUG. 3RD AT 1:00. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO ARLENE’S FAVORITE CHARITY: COVENANT HOUSE , 733 BREAKERS AVE., FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA. 33304