Wanda Delores Tokarz, 82, a resident of Mapleshire Nursing Faciliy, formerly of Rivesville, passed away early Monday morning in the health facility. She was born August 2, 1936, in Core, daughter of the late Gilbert and Jennie Pawlak Forquer.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Joseph Tokarz, who died in 2010.
Wanda was a member of St. Peters Catholic Church in Fairmont. Earlier she attended Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, in Rivesville. She was a 1952 graduate of Clay Battelle High School. She was a homemaker in the Rivesville area, and earlier in life worked for Westinghouse. Wanda enjoyed all family activities and also enjoyed sewing, gardening, camping and loved all animals.
Wanda is survived by her daughter, Paula Tokarz VanGilders, of Fairmont; a son and his wife, Mike and Amy Tokarz, of McCurdysville; two grandchildren, Jacob M. VanGilder and Stephanie J. VanGilder, both of Fairmont; a step-grandchild and his wife, Daniel and Janalee Thorne, of McCurdysville; four sisters, Dorothy Strakel, of Martinsburg, Mary and Gary Haught, of Fairmont, Sandy and Dave Trickett, of Independence and Ann Russell, of Waynesburg, Pa.; six brothers and their spouses, Jack and Charlene Forquer, of Core, Junior and Mary Jane Forquer, of Fairmont, Bob and Murtie Forquer, of Hagans Community, Gary and Teresa Forquer, of Tampa, Fla., Bill and Judy Forquer, of Core, Dick and Diane Forquer, of Core and Melvin Johnson, of Morgantown; two sisters-in-law, Doris Forquer, of Pentress and Julie Tokarz Maselli, of Rivesville and a brother-in-law and his wife, Edward and Barbara Tokarz, of Mo.
In addition to her husband and parents, Wanda was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Forquer; two sisters, Bonnie Forquer and Judy Johnson and three brothers-in-law, Frank Maselli, Pete Strakel and Jerry Russell.
The family requests memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, West Virginia Chapter, Morgantown Regional Office, 1299 Pineview Dr., Suite 3, Morgantown, WV 26505.
The family will receive friends at Ford Funeral Home, DeGarmo Chapel, in Rivesville, from 2 – 4 p.m. and 6 – 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 3. Vigil services will be held in the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Peters the Fisherman Catholic Church, 407 Jackson St., in Fairmont, at noon on Thursday, October 4, with Father Joseph Konikattil and Deacon David Lester as celebrant. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in Fairmont.
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