Marian Forsythe

MARIAN PRITCHARD FORSYTHE nee Moore died Dec. 6 at her home, Judson Manor at University Circle. She was 94. An advocate for high standards in nursing and community health education, she was involved for many years with her alma mater, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. She was President of its Alumni Association Board from 1972-73. Marian Louise Moore was born to Floyd and Anna Slaby Moore in Cleveland on July 22, 1914. In 1939 she married Dr. Walter H. Pritchard, an eminent Cleveland cardiologist and cardiac researcher. He subsequently became Director of the Division of Cardiology and Chief of Staff at University Hospitals. He died in 1982. In 1985, Marian Pritchard married Dr. William E. Forsythe, Jr., Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus of Urology at Case Western Reserve University and an urologist in private practice at several area hospitals. Mrs. Forsythe maintained a love for music throughout her life. Her children remember her as a strong, devoted, and creative mother who, with their father, encouraged a family environment of intellectual curiosity, interest in ethical standards and enjoyment of and love for one another. Besides Dr. Forsythe, she is survived by her six children, Walter H. Pritchard, Jr. of Eugene, Oregon; Dr. Lawrence E. Pritchard of Scottsdale, Arizona; Diana Pritchard Paolitto of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Marian M. Pritchard of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania; Dr. Timothy J. Pritchard of Gates Mills, Ohio, and Caroline E. Pritchard of Cincinnati, Ohio; a sister, Virginia Bruning of Cleveland; three stepchildren, Dr. William E. Forsythe III of Lyndhurst, Ohio; Patricia Albrecht of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Robert G. Forsythe of Granville, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held in Fairmount Presbyterian Church, 2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Hts, Saturday, January 10, at 2 p.m. Contributions in Mrs. Forsythe's memory can be made to the Marian Moore Pritchard Scholarship Fund at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106.


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