Corwin (Corky) Eugene Forbes

Live streaming services on YouTube Live Corwin (Corky) Eugene Forbes of Mannford, OK passed from this life on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Cleveland Area Hospital at the age of 90 years. Corky was born May 29, 1930 at Webster, South Dakota to James Lee and Bertha Marie (Sorenson) Forbes. Corky was united in marriage to Beverly Louise Syverson at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Havana, North Dakota on July 22, 1951. They started their life together in Webster, followed by moves to different towns in Minnesota, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arizona, and finally back to Oklahoma. Corky landed a job with Braniff International Airways at the beginning of the marriage and pursued the job he loved around the country until the organization finally went bankrupt a second time after his 37 years of service. Corky had a myriad of hobbies during his long lifetime. His favorites seemed to be leatherworking, scuba diving, and an artistic talent that was reflected in multiple ways. His greatest passion was his faith in Jesus Christ and his undying love for the program of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). He recently celebrated 55 years of continuous sobriety, a feat that is only too rare. Corky loved to work with new people coming into AA to help them become established and spent the last 55 years doing God’s work to help people that suffered from alcoholism. His misery, his own earlier alcoholism, became his ministry! Corky shared recovery and most importantly his faith, to thousands of men and women over the years. His final hobby was an online ministry supplying these same people with biblical verses and articles and AA historical articles. He gave of himself until his eyes closed for the final time. Corky now enjoys his final wish, to be back in the arms of his one and only love, Beverly, for eternity. Corky is survived by his children – Jacqueline Louise Caldwell of Sand Springs, OK; Catherine Marie Mathewson of Hereford, AZ; Richard Eugene Forbes of Cleveland, OK; and Timothy Allan Forbes of Lee’s Summit, MO. Also surviving are 18 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. Corky was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, twin sisters, and the love of his life, Beverly. Memorial services for Corky will be held for the family at 2:00 pm Friday, October 30, 2020 at the pavilion in the Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OK with Pastor David Head officiating. The service will be live-streamed at www.chapman-black.com for anyone that is not family that wishes to watch the service. We respectfully request that anyone attending the memorial wears a mask. Services and cremation were entrusted to the Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Cleveland, OK. Copyright Notice © 2020 (Chapman-Black Funeral Home) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This obituary is a work protected under international and federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reproduction, distribution or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this compiled work may be reproduced, altered or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the author. The author hereby grants the newspaper the right to publish the compiled work on the dates and location provided in the submission details and further grants to the newspaper the right to reproduce the work electronically in any website or digital medium owned or controlled by the newspaper provided the copy is not altered or modified in any way. The funeral home's website domain must accompany any reproduction of the work. The work must not be used for or by any person for direct commercialized gain in competition with the author, the funeral home, or their respective businesses. Privacy Disclaimer The information contained in this Tribute Wall is intended solely for the private use of the families and friends of the deceased to support each other and honour, respect and pay tribute to the memory of the deceased. Any and all other use is strictly prohibited. Without limiting the foregoing, any reproduction, distribution of the information contained herein, nor any contact or solicitation of any person identified in this work, nor any attempt to use the information in the work is prohibited.