This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/824 Message Board Post: Rio Rancho Observer - January 15, 2003 Our beloved mother, Theresa Forbes, 84, a resident of Rio Rancho since 1981, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2003. Theresa was born January 22, 1918, in the Bronx, NY. She and her husband Philip originally moved to New Mexico from New York City in 1944 and lived in Santa Fe, and then Los Alamos, through the 1940's. Due to family needs, they returned to the New York City area in 1950. At that time Theresa made a promise to herself that she would return to her beautiful New Mexico. For the next 30 years Theresa worked in New York City and Northern New Jersey as an executive for Bloomingdales. Upon retirement from Bloomingdales, she made good on her promise to herself to return to New Mexico and settled in RIo Rancho. In 1985, as a member of the Rio Rancho Welcome Wagon, she was elected president and served with distinction for her year term. She was a volunteer at Saint Joseph's West Mesa Hospital for many years. An avid bridge player, she belonged to a number of Rio Ra! ncho bridge clubs and groups. Theresa is survived by her daughter, Katherine Buffington; her son, Peter Forbes and his wife Robyn and her grandchildren Robert and Elyse Forbes and Derek Buffington. Theresa was a great friend to many and will be missed very much. A celebration of her life will take place at her son's home in Rio Rancho on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. January 26, 2003.