More detail on this person: FORSYTH Robert
W. Jr., 75, of Wyckoff, passed away on Saturday,
December 31, 2016. Robert grew up in Hackensack
and River Edge and has lived in Wyckoff for the
past 30 years. Robert served in the United States
Marine Corps as a Captain and was a helicopter
pilot during the Vietnam War. He then went on to
be a pilot with TWA for 35 years before retiring.
Robert was predeceased by his wife Karen Mae
Forsyth in 2009. He is survived by his two sons:
Jeffrey and Andrew, both of Wyckoff, his fiancé
Selma C. Alaimo of Wyckoff, his siblings: Bonnie
S. Shallcross of Manasquan, NJ, Laura J. Mullen of
Roswell, GA, James L. Forsyth of Pompton Lakes,
NJ, Ellen F. Johnson of Kingwood, TX, and his
sister-in-law Christine M. Bakalis of Santa Cruz,
CA. The family will receive friends on Thursday
6-8:30PM with a Memorial service beginning at 8:30
PM at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home,
www.vpfh.com 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. In lieu
of flowers, donations in Robert's memory can be
made to the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation,
3800 Fettler Park Drive, Ste. 104, Dumfries, VA
22025 or the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of
New Jersey, Teterboro Airport, 400 Fred Wehran
Dr., Teterboro, NJ 07608.
Published in The Record on Jan. 3, 2017
This information was last updated 01/06/2017
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