Thelma L. DeForest
October 30,1914-July 13, 1995
Services for Thelma L. DeForest, 80, of Berrien Springs, formerly of 141 Owens St., Niles, who died at 7:55 a.m. Thursday, July 13, 1995, in Pawating Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Halbritter Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.
Mrs. DeForest was employed at State Line Dairy for 25 years and had been a cook at Bertrand and Brandywine schools. She was born Oct. 30, 1914, in Plymouth and had lived in Niles since 1941, coming from South Bend. On Oct. 29, 1932, in South Bend, she married Garold O. DeForest. He died July 6, 1966. Surviving are two daughters, Sharon Holmes of Berrien Springs, with whom she resided, and Jackie Hess of Niles; twin sons, Richard L. and Thomas O., both of Niles; 10 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
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