November 5 2019: FORRESTER, Alda

ALDA FORRESTER

Alda Forrester passed away on November 1, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was 82 years old and was born on November 21, 1936 in Middle Buxton, Jamaica.  She was the daughter of Etta and Mordecai “Sidney” Grey. Alda was blessed in this life with four children; twins, Althea and Angella, her only son, Leighton, and the youngest, Rosemarie. She leaves behind her loving husband of 58 years, Rupert, her four children, daughter in-law Corrine (wife of Leighton), son-in-laws Howard (husband of Althea) and Shane (husband of Rosemarie) and her beloved granddaughters: Corleigh, Sydney, and Alyssa.  She also leaves her beloved nieces, nephews, grand nieces and nephews, and many loving friends, including her cherished fellow nurses and best friends, Norma McKayle, Norma Clinkscales and Beryl Adams. Nursing was her calling, and during her career she had the honor and privilege to care for patients, who were amazing people; and they in turn were cared for by someone who was known to be a knowledgeable, caring and thoughtful nurse. In the end, Alda called upon her Christian faith, the love of her family and her friends as well as her knowledge and experience as a nurse to give her the strength and courage she needed at the end of her life. She was a long time member of the New Hampshire Avenue Gospel Chapel. Services will be held Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 11 am at Hillandale Baptist Church, Adelphi, MD. Interment will be at George Washington Cemetery, Adelphi, MD. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made in Alda Forrester’s honor to the Medstar Washington Hospital Center for the Advanced Heart Failure Program, 110 Irving Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20010.

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