Mark Forry, Bluffton, SC
Mark E. Forry, age 71, of Bluffton, SC, passed away Sunday, September
17, 2023, after a hard battle with cancer. He left his earthly life
surrounded by his loving family.
Mark was born January 10th, 1952, in Columbus, Ohio, son of the late
Donald and Margery (Steinberger) Forry. On June 28th, 1975, he married
Linda Lesher and they had four wonderful children together. He is
survived by his wife and his sons Daniel Forry of Columbus, Ohio; Andrew
(Stacy) Forry of Lexington, SC; Zachary Forry of West Chester, Ohio;
and his daughter Shannon Forry of Cleveland, Ohio. He was very proud of
his 2 grandchildren Nolan and Reylan Forry, children of Andrew and
Stacy. He is also survived by his brother Michael (Chris) Forry; his
sister Janice (Tim) Allton; his brother-in-law Joe (Teri) Lesher and
his Sister-in-law Barb (Bruce) Lemmon as well as his nephews Levi
(Brittany) Lesher, Jacob (Alyssa) Lesher, Adam Lesher, Trevor (Tracy)
Allton, John Forry and a niece Kate Forry.
Mark was a 1970 graduate of Upper Arlington High School in Columbus,
Ohio, where he was a member of the marching band. He continued his
studies at The Ohio State University and in 1974 graduated with a
chemical engineering degree. He went on to work for the Procter and
Gamble Company in Cincinnati for 35 years. Two of those years were
spent working for them in Toronto Canada before the family returned to
Cincinnati. Mark worked primarily in product development and held 16
patents for work done on Bounty, Charmin, Always, and Puffs.
After retiring, he and Linda moved to Sun City, SC where he was a
member of Church of the Palms United Methodist church. He continued to
use his engineering mind in many activities such as wood working, wood
turning, 3D printing, CNC designing, model building, remote control boat
sailing, and other artistic pursuits. Mark served as president of the
Sun City Woodworker’s club for a year before he became sick. He also
enjoyed photography and loved to go on early morning trips to photograph
birds. He cheered his grandchildren on at their sports activities and
often shared easy engineering principles while playing games and
constructing Legos. Mark and Linda enjoyed traveling together to other
countries and took Viking Cruises to Europe and Russia in recent years.