Selma Forrest

Selma Forrest 91, of Boca Raton, FL passed away Friday, December 19, 2014. Born in Brooklyn, NY she was the youngest of Rebecca and Joseph Winter’s five children. Selma and her late husband Max spent the better part of their lives raising their children in Bayonne, NJ. They enjoyed 55 years of theater, movies, and travelling around the world together. Seven years ago she moved to Stratford Court in Boca Raton, Florida to live near her daughter Diane LaHowchic. While living in Florida, she made many new friends and had an active enjoyable life. Selma is survived by her granddaughter Jessica Bronson and great-grandsons Madden and Joshua Bronson of Rock Hill, SC; Selma’s daughter Diane LaHowchic and son-in-law Nicholas John LaHowchic of Port St Lucie, Florida, her granddaughters Tara LaHowchic and Nicole Plescia and her husband Daniel and her great grandchildren Luke, Hallie, and Dylan Plescia of New Jersey; Selma’s sister-in-law Dorothy Winter, White Plains, NY, cousins Cynthia Love and Melvin & Violet Winter in Florida, and her many beloved nieces and nephews. Selma is predeceased by her husband, Max Forrest, son Kenneth Forrest, brothers Charles, Raymond, and Julius Winter, and sister Pearl Goldberg. Selma’s family and friends were the joy and purpose of her life and she will be dearly missed by all of them.

Funeral services were held on Sunday December 21, 2014 at the Baron Hirsch Cemetery, 1126 Richmond Ave.,Staten Island, NY 10314

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Selma’s name to Treasure Coast Hospice, 1201 SE Indian Street, Stuart, Florida 34997 or www.tchospice.org.