Lawrence Fornash
1905 - 1986 (81 years)-
Name Lawrence Fornash Birth 8 Jan 1905 Erbacon, Webster Co., WV 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 16 May 1986 Valparaiso, Porter Co., IN [2] Cause: femoral artery thrombosis, aorta aneurysm/cardiovascular accident, right hemiplegia & apla Burial 19 May 1986 Memorial Park Cemetery, Valparaiso, Porter Co., IN [2] Person ID I4732 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 19 Aug 2025
Father Nathan Theodore Forinash, b. 15 Mar 1869, Braxton Co., WV d. 24 Oct 1936, Orlando, Lewis Co., WV (Age 67 years) Mother Mary Jane "Mollie" Stewart, b. Jun 1867, Braxton Co., WV d. Bef 1920 (Age 52 years) Marriage 17 Feb 1891 Newville, Braxton Co., WV [3] Divorce 2 Apr 1907 Webster Co., WV [4] Family ID F1753 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Tanna Belle Conrad, b. 12 Oct 1903, Braxton Co., WV d. 29 Nov 1993, Canton, Stark Co., OH (Age 90 years) Marriage 18 Aug 1931 Flatwoods, Braxton Co., WV [5] Children 1. Keneth Harold Fornash, b. 9 Nov 1931, Braxton Co., WV d. 17 Sep 1932, Holly, Braxton Co., WV (Age 0 years)Family ID F1931 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Sep 2017
Family 2 Ida R. Evans, b. 1902, Grandview, Spencer Co., IN d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 14 Jun 1966 Valparaiso, Porter Co., IN [6] Family ID F17085 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Sep 2017
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Birth - 8 Jan 1905 - Erbacon, Webster Co., WV 
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Notes - Lawrence is found living in the household of Okey D. Squires in the 1930 Braxton Co., WV Census.
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, IN, Saturday, 17 May 1986, p. 3, col. 2
https://www.newspapers.com/article/vidette-messenger-of-porter-county-obitu/120674283/
Obituaries
Lawrence Fornash
Lawrence Fornash, 81, of Vale View Convalescent Center, died Friday in Porter Memorial Hospital.
He was born Jan. 8, 1905 in West Virginia, the son of Theodore and Mary Fornash. He resided in Valparaiso 20 years.
Surviving are two sons and one daughter.
Services 10 a.m. Monday at Bartholomew Funeral Home; burial in Memorial Park Cemetery; no visitation.
The South Bend Tribute, South Bend, IN, Monday, 19 May 1986, p. B7, col. 2
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-obituary-for-lawr/179295471/
Indiana-Michigan obituaries
Lawrence Fornash
VALPARAISO - Services for Lawrence Fornash, 81, of 606 Wall St., who died Friday in Porter Memorial Hospital, were to be today at Bartholomew Funeral Home. Burial was to be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Fornash was born Jan. 8, 1905, in West Virginia. He had lived in the Valparaiso area for the past 20 years. Surviving are a daughter and two sons. Mr. Fornash was a farmer. He formerly was employed at Linderman's Nursery and for many years also was a night custodian at the Valparaiso University Library.
- Lawrence is found living in the household of Okey D. Squires in the 1930 Braxton Co., WV Census.
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- [S2014] Indiana Indiana State Board of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2017, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), 17 Sep 2017, death certificate 86-019294 (1986), Lawrence Fornash, accessed 17 Sep 2017. (Reliability: 3).
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- [S2387] West Virginia. Webster County., Webster Co., WV Chancery Orders, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org : 1991), 11: 66, divorce, Nathan T. Forinash v. M. J. Forinash, final decree, 2 Apr 1907; accessed 21 Aug 2025 (Reliability: 3).
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- [S1921] Indiana Indiana State Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Indiana, Marriage Certificates, 1917-2005, (http://www.ancestry.com :2016.), marriage certificate 66-005457 (1966), Fornash-Evans accessed 17 Sep 2017. (Reliability: 3).
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