Mrs Jillian Frances Forbes

3 August 194121 September 2025

FORBES, Jillian:

Peacefully at Christchurch Hospital, on Sunday, September 21, 2025. Aged 84 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Donald. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Bryan and Laura, Ken and Barbara, and Allan and Megan. Loved nana of Katy, Ronan, Finn; Aoife and Bede; and Ashton and Corbyn. Loved sister and sister-in-law of Ted and Ann Palmer and John and Margaret Forbes. Messages to the Forbes family, C/- PO Box 35, Rangiora 7440.

Tributes

Mum had a lot of great recipes. From her jams and jellies to her awesome whitebait patties. One memory I have is when Ken & I were toddlers in Kaimata (I think) and the steam engine had just passed. Mum couldn't locate us and she thought the engine had cleaned us up. She found Kenny and I on the train platform playing. Therefore, the start of any Grey hairs. She was a devoted Nana and loved knitting for them and others. We love her & we're going to miss her greatly.

Bryan Forbes, Laura Tremain-Forbes, & Katy Forbes
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