Marie Foreman

December 14, 1943 - April 11, 2020

Anna Marie Foreman, 76, of Bluffton passed away on Saturday evening, April 11, 2020, at Markle Health & Rehab. Center. Affectionally know to everyone as Marie, she was born on December 14, 1943 in Bloomington, Indiana to Norman R. & Frances L. (Walker) Deckard and graduated in 1961 from Ossian High School. Marie’s first priority was her role as being a homemaker, loving mom and wife. She also ran her own day care and retired from Manville in Bluffton. She was a member of the First Church of Christ in Bluffton and helped children serving as a loving foster parent. On June 23, 1962 in Ossian, Marie and Donald D. Foreman were married. They shared 38 years together and he preceded her in death on February 17, 2000. Survivors include her children; Jodi (Richard “Ted”) Oakes of Ossian, Mark (Jill Alberding) Foreman of Minneapolis, MN, Lisa Foreman of Fort Wayne, and was a loving grandma to 4 grandchildren; Haley Lobsiger Johnson, Caleb Foreman, Maxwell Foreman and Josie Foreman along with a great-granddaughter, Asher Johnson and many nieces and nephews. Marie is also survived by her siblings; Norman Deckard of Cooper City, FL, John (Crystal) Deckard of Rockwell, TX, Michael (Debbie) Deckard of Charlette, NC, Gary (Kathy) Deckard of Bluffton, Donna Hanson of Fosston, MN and Bonnie (Leland) Nichols of Billings, MO. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, a sister Connie Deckard Lampkin and two brothers, David & Daniel Deckard. A service to celebrate Marie’s life will take place at a later date. Memorials may be made in her memory to American Heart Association or the American Kidney Foundation. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Thoma/Rich, Lemler Funeral Home in Bluffton. Friends can share memories and send words of encouragement to the family at www.thomarich.com.