Christine M. Forbes

8/25/1920 – 1/02/2016

Our dear sweet little old mother went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 2nd, 2016 at 2:30pm surrounded by her loving family in Monroe, Washington.

Mom was born August 25th, 1920 in Barton, North Dakota to Lawrence and Clara Haman, she was the first of seven children.

Mom married our Dad, Henry Weideman on December 26th, 1940, they had eight children.

Mom worked many jobs; she taught school, worked in a restaurant and a clothing store before moving to Washington in 1967. She continued to work and volunteer countless hours at the Monroe Food Bank for over 22 years until she was 92 years old. Mom later married again in 1979 to Al Forbes, they made their home in Monroe.

In January 2013 Mom moved into Brookdale Retirement Home where she lived until she passed.

Mom is survived by seven of her children, Shirley (Arnie) Huck, Dwaine Weideman, Polly Jelvik, Vera Tupper, Laureen (Ray) Carlson, Larry (Janine) Weideman, and Dallas (Carrie) Weideman. She also leaves two brothers and four sisters. Mom is survived by 100 plus grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.

Preceding her in death is her son Vernon Weideman, her husbands; Al Forbes and Henry Weideman and many other loved ones.

Mom said her children were the pride of her life and she loved spending her time with her family, she also loved to garden and play Bingo. Mom loved the dice game 10,000 and almost any game that was played at her annual birthday party. Mom never forgot a loved ones birthday, if you ever needed to know when a birthday was you asked Mom.

So many people in the community know Christine, whether it be from bingo, church, the senior center or the food bank and they all have stories to tell about her kindness, most recently an employee at Brookdale remembered Christine making sure her and her children were given plenty of food at the food bank over 20 years ago and shared their stories with Christine and her daughter. Every one of us has special memories of her, we will hold her dear to us and cherish.

A Celebration of Mom’s extraordinary life will be held at the St. Mary of the Valley Catholic Church in Monroe, WA on Saturday, January 9th at 12 noon, reception to follow.

Thank You Mom for giving so much of yourself and always putting your children before yourself.

We all Love you. We will all miss you.