Anita Fay Forster (nee Johnson)

Obituary

Passed on

June 4^th, 1930 – Aug 24^th, 2025

Anita was born in Durham England, the youngest child of John and Sybil Johnson and sister to David.

The family moved to Smarden, Kent shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. A year later, Anita and her brother were sent away to the safety of boarding schools. Anita attended Queenswood School in Hertfordshire.

After completing her education at school Anita went to Newcastle to study physiotherapy but concluded quite quickly that it wasn’t for her. However during her time at physiotherapy college she did meet her future husband, Peter Wakefield Forster.

Anita and Peter were married in Smarden on April 3^rd, 1954.

Anita then went to secretarial college in London which led to an interesting and varied career with roles as secretary and personal assistant in the medical and legal fields. One in particular she was proud of was working with Sir Reginal Watson-Jones in London while he was the Queens Orthopedic Surgeon.

In 1957 Anita and Peter moved to Montreal, Canada and in 1959 they moved to Winnipeg, MB where they settled and adopted two girls; Jane and Nicola (Nici).

Anita returned to England with the two girls in the mid 1960’s. Over the following years, they lived an interesting life moving many times within England, Spain and the Isle of Man.

Following her retirement on the Isle of Man, Anita decided to move back to Canada to be near Nici and her son-in-law Troy but found the Winnipeg winters to be too cold. She moved to Penticton, BC for a number of years where she had a close circle of friends and enjoyed volunteering at the senior centre and Red Cross.

As she got older she decided to move back to Manitoba to be near Nici and built a small apartment onto Nici and Troy’s house at their pet boarding kennel in East St Paul. There she enjoyed the company of her family and the many animals.

Anita was rarely without a beloved pet cat and/or dog in her life and latterly enjoyed watching the birds, squirrels and other wildlife from her window at her home next to Nici and Troy in Komarno.

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