Date: Fri 18-Jun-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: CAROLL

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OBITS (Forster; Titus; Tenney; Oberman)

William G. Forster

William G. Forster, a retired commander of the US Navy and father of six, died

at the age of 71 at his home in Brewster, Mass. June 15 after a brief illness.

He was the husband of the late Lita `Lee' (Kirkwood) Forster.

A former resident of Newtown, he and his late wife moved in 1995 to West

Barnstable, Mass., and later to Brewster, Mass.

Born and raised in St Louis, Mo., he was a graduate of the University of

Missouri with a degree in business. He continued his education at the United

States Navy Flight School in Pensacola, Fla. and Milton, Fla., and did post

graduate school in Monterey, Calif. He was also an Eagle Scout in the Order of

the Arrow.

His career in the US Navy from 1946-1968 was as a flight instructor and pilot

of the fixed wing and helicopter division.

A Korean War veteran, he was the recipient of the World War II Victory Medal,

Air Medal, China Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Navy

Occupation Service Medal.

Following his retirement from the Navy in 1968, Mr Forster worked for Sikorsky

Aircraft in Stratford as an accident investigator, retiring in 1991.

He was a member of Captain's Golf Course in Brewster, Mass., an outreach

volunteer of Brewster Senior Center, member of the Widowed Persons Service,

and Flying Midshipmen Association.

He is survived by four sons, Gregory Forster of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., Todd

Forster of Griswold, David Forster of Altus, Okla., and Craig Hendricks of

Shawnee on Delaware, Penn.; two daughters, Paige Ransford of Canton, Mass.,

and Jill Coxe of Westport; and seven grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at the Hallett Funeral Home, 273 Station

Avenue, South Yarmouth, on Friday, June 18, at 10 am. Interment will follow in

Quivet Cemetery, East Dennis, Mass.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Cape Cod, 923 Route 6A,

Yarmouthport, MA.

The Newtown Bee June 18, 1999

Arthur S. Titus

Arthur S. Titus, 72, a retired postal carrier at the Newtown Post Office, died

in New Milford Hospital on June 9 after being stricken ill at home. He lived

at 45 Old Farms Lane in New Milford and was the husband of Carol (Potter)

Titus.

He was the father of Maureen LaPak of Newtown.

He was born in New Rochelle, N.Y. on June 19, 1926, son of the late Carleton

and Annabelle (Halkier) Titus. He attended Farmingdale Community College in

New York.

During World War II, Mr Titus served in the US Army and was in the Army of

Occupation in Germany. In 1956, he moved to Newtown and became a postal

carrier, a position he held for 33 years, retiring in 1990.

A resident of New Milford for the past six years, Mr Titus was a volunteer at

the Sunny Valley Foundation. He belonged to the Peregrin Fund, the Flanders

Nature Center in Woodbury, Western Connecticut Bird Club and the White

Memorial Foundation. He was a member of the National Audubon Society and was

an avid Green Bay Packers fan.

Mr Titus is survived, besides his wife and daughter, by three sons, James of

Brookfield, Douglas of Broad Brook, and Mark of New Milford; another daughter,

Gwen Onufrak of Bellingham, Mass.; two brothers, Kenneth Titus of Delray

Beach, Fla. and Donald Titus of Katonah, N.Y.; and ten grandchildren. He was

predeceased by a son, Glen.

A Service of Remembrance was held on June 12 at the Honan Funeral Home, 58

Main Street, Newtown. Cremation followed.

The Newtown Bee June 18, 1999

Donald H. Tenney

Donald H. Tenney, 82, husband of Edith (Berglund) Tenney, of 4 Chestnut Hill

Road, Sandy Hook, died unexpectedly June 12 in Danbury Hospital.

He was the father of James D. Tenney and Steven H. Tenney of Sandy Hook.

Mr Tenney was born in Glendale, Mass., May 24, 1917, a son of the late Hugh L.

and Effie (Stowell) Tenney. He was a graduate of Williams High School in

Stockbridge, Mass., where he was valedictorian of his class.

A resident of Sandy Hook since 1939, he was employed as a tractor trailer

driver for the Curtis Packaging Company for 40 years until his retirement in

1985.

Mr Tenney served in the Coast Guard Reserves. He was longtime secretary and

treasurer of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Company. He was a classic car

enthusiast and an avid hunter and fisherman.

In addition to his wife and sons, he is survived by two daughters, Judith

Martinez of Roxbury and Donna L. Tenney of Danbury; four brothers, Ralph and

Herbert of Great Barrington, Mass., Charles of Stockbridge, Mass. and Robert

of Florida; two sisters, Gladys LaGrant and Grace Pixley, both of Lee, Mass.;

six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held June 16 in the Newtown United Methodist Church.

Burial took place in Zoar Cemetery.

Contributions in his memory may be made to the Parkinson's Disease

Association, 27 Allendale Drive, North Haven, CT 06473.

Arrangements were by the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street, Newtown.

The Newtown Bee June 18, 1999

Max Oberman

Max Oberman, 74, of Stamford, father of Anita Pettengill of Sandy Hook, died

June 11 in Stamford Hospital of respiratory failure.

He was born in Poland December 13, 1924, to the late Avraham and Leah

(Skobick) Oberman. He was the husband of Sadie G. (Saltzman) Oberman.

Mr Oberman was a survivor of the Holocaust. He had been self-employed as the

Customer Peddler.

Survivors, in addition to his wife and daughter, Anita, include two other

daughters, Lana Oberman of Stamford and Debbie Oberman of Waterbury; a son,

Edward Oberman of Williamtown, N.J.; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Congregation Aquadath Sholom, 301 Strawberry

Hill Avenue, Stamford.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Holocaust Museum, 100 Raoul

Wallenberg Place S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024. All checks should be annotated

in the memory of Max Oberman.

Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home, 2900 Summer Street, Stamford, was in

charge of arrangements.

The Newtown Bee June 18, 1999