Joan Marie Forster

Female 1931 - 2007  (76 years)


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  • Name Joan Marie Forster 
    Born 03 Apr 1931  Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 09 Nov 2007 
    Person ID I112083  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2007 

    Father Rudolph Forster,   b. 21 Jul 1882, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1935, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Anna Susan Stein,   b. 23 Sep 1884, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1952  (Age 67 years) 
    Family ID F44267  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert John Gmeiner,   b. 19 Jun 1927, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 2001  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 01 Aug 1953 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Gregory Gmeiner
     3. David Gmeiner
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F61616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • November 11, 2007

      Gmeiner, Joan Marie (Forster) Joan Marie Gmeiner (Forster), 76, Lakewood, formerly of Appleton and Green Bay, passed away on Nov. 9, 2007. Joan was born in Appleton on April 3, 1931, to the late Rudolph and Anna (Stein) Forster. She lived most of her life in the Appleton and Green Bay areas, retiring to Lakewood in 1992. On Aug. 1, 1953, she married Robert Gmeiner, who preceded her in death on July 16, 2001. In addition to taking care of her family, Joan had worked as a jewelry sales clerk. She loved playing bridge and socializing especially with the "Red Hat Society."

      Joan is survived by three sons, John (Donna) Gmeiner, Townsend; Greg (Julie) Gmeiner, Appleton; David Gmiener, Appleton. She is further survived by three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Bob Gmeiner (special friend, Julie), Appleton; Ben (Hannah) Gmeiner and their children, Jacob and Andrew, Neenah; Terri (Dennis) Borchardt and their children, Abbey and Seger, Lakewood; two sisters, Helen North, Winston-Salem, N.C. and Marion Gunther, Menasha; one brother, Hub Forster, Appleton; and nieces, nephews and friends.

      The visitation is on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2007, at St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church, Lakewood, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the funeral mass at 11 a.m. Fr. David Schmidt is officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

      Suminski Funeral Home, Wabeno, (715-473-3131) is serving the family.