Minnie Lucille Chouteau Forbes, Gardner
Minnie Lucille Forbes of Gardner died Monday, Oct. 16, 2006. She was 86. Survivors in this area include a son, Tom Forbes of Americus.
Mrs. Forbes and her husband, John Gilbert Forbes, who survives, owned and operated Forbes United Super in Gardner from 1958 to 1973, when they sold the store. They then worked at the Gardner Hospital for 10 years.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church at Gardner. Burial will be in Gardner Cemetery. The family will meet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Bruce Funeral Home in Gardner.
The family suggests that, instead of flowers memorial contributions be made to the First Baptist Church or Grace Baptist Church, both in Gardner, and sent in care of the funeral home, 106 A. Center, P.O. Box 192, Gardner, KS 66030.