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Frederick F. Forve

Frederick F. Forve

Male 1901 - 1986  (85 years)


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  • Name Frederick F. Forve  [1, 2] 
    Birth 10 May 1901  Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Nov 1986  Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I59093  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Peter J. Forve, Sr.,   b. Mar 1847, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 24 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Amelia Backaus,   b. Jun 1862, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gertrude M Hartman,   b. 11 Oct 1903, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1971, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 28 Jun 1927  Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Helen Amelia Forve,   b. 16 Apr 1928, California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1997, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Gertrude Mary Forve
    Family ID F19563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - November 19, 1986 Times Leader - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Frederick Forve - Frederick F. Forve, 85, of 37 Mallery Place, Wilkes-Barre, died Monday evening, Nov. 17, 1986 in Hampton House in Hanover Township where he had been a guest for the past two months. A life long residen of Wilkes-Barre, May 10, 1901, he was a son of the late Peter and Amelia Bachaus Forve. He was a graduate of St. Mary's High School, Wilkes-Brare and a graduate of Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass. Prior to his retirement, he was owner and operator of Peter Forve Plumbing Co., Wilkes-Barre, for 40 years and also formerly served as plumbing inspector for the city of Wilkes-Barre. He was a member of St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre and its Holy Name Society. Mr. Forve was also a member of the Plumbers Union Local 90. He was preceeded in death by his wife the former Gertrude Hartman, 1971, son John Martin in 1939; brothers, Rev. George T., former pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Luzurne; Peter, Carl and Louis; sisters, Marie Leighton and Regina Gallagher. Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Charles (Helen) Keim, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Edward (Gertrude) Girman, Wilkes-Barre; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sister, Mrs. John (Hildegarde) Schuyler, Wilimington, Del. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 10 a.m. from the McLaughlin Funeral Home, 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 in St. Nicholas Church. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call Thursday from 9 a.m. until time of services.

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 177-05-8198; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    2. [S150] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3562; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 40-290.