64895_Forrest “Bud”_McGregor
Forrest McGregor, son of James Henry and Jennie Christensen McGregor, was born on July 11, 1917, in Kossuth County, Iowa. He married Sena Isebrand on March 14, 1939. They made their home on a farm near Bancroft, Iowa. Forrest farmed for several years until retiring in 1984. Upon retiring in 1984, Forrest and Sena made their home in Buffalo Center, IA.
Forrest served as a deacon for the Ramsey Reformed Church. He loved all aspects of farming, taking great pride in his crops and harvests and in caring for his animals and in providing a good life for his wife Sena of 74 years and their four children: Roger, Marjorie, Vernon, and Carol.
Forrest was full of life and good-natured mischief. His was a life well lived. He passed away on July 27, 2013 at the Timely Mission Nursing Home in Buffalo Center at the age of 96.
He is survived by his wife, Sena; son, Roger and his wife Barbara from Ames; daughter, Marjorie and her husband Carter Crittenden from Atlanta, GA; his daughter-in-law Donnette McGregor from Sioux Falls, SD; and daughter Carol and her husband Dale Heitland from Forest City. Forrest and Sena have nine grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, four-great-great grandchildren.
He is also survived by a sister, Lucille DeVary of Estherville and numerous nieces and nephews as well as special friends, Karyl and Becky Anderson of Alabaster, AL, and Dale, Bev and Buckwheat Frerichs of Buffalo Center.
His parents; a son, Vernon McGregor; brothers, Frances, Glen, and James McGregor, Jr.; sisters, Grace Gardner and Margaret Carlson preceded him in death.