Forrest R. McKenna – Bullhead City, Ariz.

Forrest R. McKenna, 83, died in his home in Bullhead City, Ariz., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. He was born on Jan. 14, 1936, in North Charleroi, son of the late Francis McKenna and Mary Kistler McKenna. Forrest was a long-time resident of Belle Vernon. He was a 1953 graduate of Charleroi High School and graduated from Penn State Fayette Campus in Criminal Justice. He married Nancy Miller, also of Belle Vernon, on Sept. 14, 1984. Forrest was a member of Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Bullhead City, was a fourth-degree Knights of Columbus member, a life member of the Belle Vernon Fire Company, where he served as past president and was a former Belle Vernon councilman. Forrest was drafted into the U.S. Navy and served from 1955-1957. He retired from Monessen Southwestern Railway and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Forrest was previously married to Marie Bandini with whom he shares two daughters, Lori Dee Babcock residing in Tieton, Wash., and Lisa Marie Cuthbertson residing in Alexandra, Va.; and one grandson, John B. Cuthbertson. Also surviving is his loving wife, Nancy Miller McKenna, with whom he shared many lasting and wonderful memories together; his siblings, Francis W. McKenna, Floyd G. McKenna, Nancy E. Basile, Shirley R. McKenna and Eileen F. Nucci; and numerous nieces and nephews. Forrest “Mac” will always be remembered by many as a wonderful friend, co-worker and a well-known, very well-liked resident of Belle Vernon for many years. A funeral Mass will be held at Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Bullhead City, Ariz., with interment in Belle Vernon Cemetery at a later date. The FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC., 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon is handling arrangements. www.FergusonFuneralHomeandCrematory.com.