Forbes, Carmel Marie

3 Mar 2007

Carmel Forbes (O’Leary) (MacEachern)

 **O’Leary was her birth name, MacEachern was the foster family she lived with)

Forbes, Carmel Marie, 57, Old Barns, passed away at home on March 3, 2007.  Born in Sydney, she was a daughter of the late Alex and Ruth MacEachern.  Carmel was an active member of the Cobequid District Fire Brigade Firemenettes.  She was an avid bowler, and a loving wife, mother and grandmother.  She is survived by her husband John, her sons Trevor (Joanne, Old Barns, and Troy (Tanis), Kamloops, BC;  her sisters, Eva (Archie) Murphy and Margaret (Alex) Ross, all of Margaree Valley; brothers Tony, Edmonton, AB, Albert (Sheila) MacEachern, Louis (Anne) MacEachern, all of Cape George; grandsons, Theron & Riley Forbes; granddaughter Dannan Forbes, Old Barns.  Beside her parents, Carmel was predeceased by her sister Catherine MacInnis.