Helen Eliza Forsyth

Calais – Helen E. Forsyth, 80, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at a Bangor health care facility. Helen was born in Tower Hill, N.B. on November 27, 1927, daughter of the late Melvin and Rose (Lord) Johnston. She retired from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service following 20 years of service at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in Baring. In September of 1947, Helen married Earle Forsyth in Tower Hill, N.B. She was a member of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Calais and enjoyed playing cards, puzzles and reading. Helen was predeceased by her husband Earle in 2004; a son Peter Forsyth in 1986; and two brothers, Austin and Allison Johnston. Surviving are two sons, Gerald “Bud” Forsyth of Two Rivers, WI, and Mark Forsyth and his wife Betty Ann Woodard of Goleta, CA; three sisters, Lorenne Gowan of St. Stephen, N.B., Helena Tibbs and her husband Lee of Lincoln, and Jacqueline Daly and her husband Michael of St. Stephen, N.B.; two sisters-in-law, Glenna Johnston and Shirley Johnston, both of St. Stephen, N.B.; and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Mays Funeral Home, 26 Church St., Calais. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Friday at St. Anne’s Episcopal, Church St., Calais. Burial will follow in Calais Cemetery.


Memorials:
Donations in Helen’s memory may be made to the American Lung Assoc., 122 State St., Augusta, ME 04330, or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 114 Perimeter Rd., Units G&H, Nashua, NH 03063.


Cemetery:
Calais Cemetery
South St.
Calais, ME 04619 (map/driving directions)



Visitations:
2:00PM to 4:00PM on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at Mays Funeral Home (map/driving directions)

6:00PM to 8:00PM on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at Mays Funeral Home (map/driving directions)



Services:
2:00PM at St. Anne's Episcopal Church on Friday, April 18th, 2008 (map/driving directions)