{"id":2068,"date":"2025-02-03T19:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T01:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2025-02-03T19:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T01:32:31","slug":"marion-a-mary-forbes-91-of-vandalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/2068-marion-a-mary-forbes-91-of-vandalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Marion A. &#8220;Mary&#8221; Forbes (91) of Vandalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Marion A. \u201cMary\u201d Forbes, 91, of Vandalia, IL, passed away peacefully at 1:15 AM, Monday, February 3, 2025 at SBL Fayette County Hospital Long Term Care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; background-color: initial;\">A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Hohlt &amp; File Funeral Home, Vandalia with Rev. Doug Wodtka officiating.&nbsp; Interment will follow in Spring Hill Cemetery, Beecher City.&nbsp; Visitation will be held prior to services from 10:00-11:00 AM, Saturday, at the funeral home.&nbsp; In lieu of flowers and gifts, memorials may be made to Mooseheart International or an organization of the donor\u2019s choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Marion Aline Dunnagan was born on July 17, 1933 in Paragould, AR, the daughter of William and Nellie (McDowell) Dunnagan.&nbsp; She married James L. \u201cJim\u201d Forbes in 1995.&nbsp; Together they celebrated 15 years of marriage before his passing on October 29, 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Mary formerly owned and operated the Blue Mound Tavern in Altamont and the Lake Side Bar in Keyesport.&nbsp; She was a member of the Women of the Moose, Lodge #1447, Vandalia. She enjoyed anything outdoors; especially fishing, dancing, and doing puzzles.&nbsp; Mary loved to be around people and cherished the time spent with her family and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">She will be forever remembered by her daughter, Debbie and husband Dennis Wodtka of Bingham; son, Robert \u201cBob\u201d Duckworth of Vandalia; daughter, Becky and husband Randy Pryor of Vandalia; sisters, Joyce Carpenter, Phyllis Elder, Jean Ann Donaldson, Janeene Arnold, and Linda Lape; six grandchildren; numerous great and great-great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Mrs. Forbes was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother, and four sisters.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary died on Monday, February 3, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marion A. &quot;Mary&quot; 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