Marie Elizabeth Forbes

Marie Elizabeth Forbes, born on February 11, 1964 in Portland, Maine, lost her valiant battle with cancer on Sunday July 20, 2025 at MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine, surrounded by loved ones.

Originally from Pownal and a resident of Freeport, Marie was predeceased by her mother Virginia (Faye) Vosmus, father Norman Napier, and step-father Thomas Vosmus. She leaves behind a large circle of loved ones, including her daughter River Bundy of Freeport; husband Jack Forbes of Hampton Beach, New Hampshire; step-daughter Nicole Forbes Wagner, husband Peter Wagner, and their two children Mathias and Vivienne of Vienna, Austria; step-daughter Jessica Forbes, partner Louie Clegg, and their son Louie of Belfast, Maine; step-son John Post Forbes III, his wife Jenn Camp, and their children Delphine Forbes and George Forbes of Leominster, Massachusetts; sister Lois Napier Skillings, brother-in-law E. James Skillings of Brunswick; niece Emily Skillings, husband Alex Kennedy-Grant, and great-niece Blythe of Brooklyn, New York; sister Barbara Napier Heller, brother-in-law Helmut Heller, and nephews Leo Heller and Dominik Heller of Altötting, Bavaria; step-nephew Benedikt Krieger, his wife Ursula Krieger and their children Lea and Ben of Altötting, Bavaria; first husband Rick Bundy of Yarmouth/Las Vegas; step-sister Patty Peaslee; step-brother Craig (Cheryl) Vosmus; step-sister Barbara (Neil) Peaslee; step-sister (predeceased) Evelyn (Wedgewood) Wheeler; step-brother Bruce (Meg) Vosmus; step-brother Tom Vosmus; godmother Patsy Gear; and godfather Richard Bodner. Several close friends became Marie’s chosen family, including her chosen brother Peter Callnan, with husband John Hennessy, of Portland; sister Mari Smith of Pownal; sister Amanda Manning of West Gardiner, Maine and Florida; and many young colleagues that she called “her kids” who were very near and dear to her heart.

As anyone who knew her could tell you, Marie was an exceptionally warm, caring, authentic, hard-working leader and mentor. Gifted with an amazing ability to communicate and connect with people, she spent her entire life in sales and management, starting off in her early teens in retail and quickly moving into and then up to the very top of the car business. For the last 18 years of her life, Marie worked for the Key Auto Group, culminating in her position as the General Manager of Key Ford of Rockland, Maine.

Marie was an avid, skilled motorcyclist and loved driving fast in her Corvette convertible. She spent hours with friends and family around the cribbage board, almost always winning and frequently skunking her opponents. She enjoyed music and being near the ocean. She relished looking out onto the Hampton Beach harbor from the home she shared for many years with Jack.

She was cherished by family, friends, co-workers, and customers who were all touched by her sweetness, her joy, her passion for life, and her special spark of light and love which shone so very brightly—and left us decades too soon.

Marie was strengthened and greatly comforted by her deep faith in God. May her memory be a blessing to us all.

Friends and family are invited to Celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday August 2nd at 11am at Sacred Heart Church, 326 Main Street in Yarmouth, Maine followed by her Celebration of Life reception from 12:30 pm- 3 pm at the Pownal First Parish Congressional Church, 422 Hallowell Road, in Pownal, Maine (Pownal Center).

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital Cancer Care Patient Fund: www.midcoastparkviewhealth.com/giving or mail to MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital, Office of Philanthropy, Cancer Care Patient Fund, PO Box 279, Brunswick, ME 04011-9992.

Please visit www.lindquistfuneralhome.com to leave condolences for the Forbes family and sign Marie's online guest book.