David Forrest – obituary
David Forrest died at Kaiser Sunnyside Hospital on Sunday, November 2, 2008. He was 68.
No services will be held.
David Leland Forrest was born on November 30, 1939 in Quincy, Illinois to Henry and Flora Forrest. He began his schooling in Quincy and in 1944 the family moved to Oregon. They made their home in Beaverton for a time prior to moving to Portland. After David graduated from David Douglas High School, he entered the U.S. Air Force. He was honorably discharged and moved overseas where he was employed on an Air Force Base for Boeing as an airplane mechanic. He later returned to Portland where he worked at Freightliner as a mechanic until retiring in November of 1999.
Mr. Forrest enjoyed working in his yard and collecting clocks. He enjoyed his work as a mechanic and was proud to have worked at Freightliner. It was in the late 1970’s that he furthered his education in mechanics and continued to pursue his career at Freightliner.
Surviving are his sisters, Flora “Sally” Sandercock of Sandy and Geraldine Stoudt of Everett, Washington and many nieces and nephews.
Sandy Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.