Bloyd, Forrest E.

Forrest E. Bloyd
March 29, 1917-June 15, 1990


Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 16, 1990, page 2, col. 1-1, microfilm Niles District Library

Services for Forrest E. Bloyd, 73, of 1734 Howard St., in Niles, are 3 p.m. Monday at Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles by the Rev. Robert E. Jackson of the First Church of God.

Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Bloyd died at 7:39 p.m. at Pawating Hospital in Niles after an extended illness.

He was a member of the First Church of God and a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, retiring as captain.

Bloyd was born March 29, 1917 in Toulon, Ind. and had lived in Niles since coming from Brownstown, Ind., in 1987.

On March 28, 1942, he married Evelyn W. Bedell in Holyoke, Mass., who survives him.

Survivors include daughters, Karen Tilbury of Niles; Bobbye Foster of New Delhi, India; son James Bloyd of North Bend, Wash.; brothers, Roger Bloyd of Anderson, Ind.; James Bloyd of Bedford, Ind.; 11 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call one hour prior to funeral service at Halbriter[sic] Funeral HOme.

Memorials may be given to the First Church of God.