Gloria M. Forester, 64, a 30-year resident of Oak Park, died on March 16, 2017 at Rush University Medical Center. Born on Aug. 11, 1952 in Utaudo, Puerto Rico to the late Gabriel Maldonado and Rosalina Negron Maldonado, she was raised in Chicago and graduated from Tuley High School. On Oct. 24, 1981, she married David Forester, and they moved to Oak Park in 1986.
For many years she worked as a medical biller for physicians’ and dentists’ groups in the Chicago area and retired in 2004. Her passions were family, fishing, and cooking.
Gloria Forester was the wife of David; the mother of Juan (Carrie Sauter) Candelaria, Sandra (Ira) Higgins, Jacqueline (Brandon) Bailey, Terrence and Kevin Forester; the grandmother of seven; the great-grandmother of three; the sister of Ana Santiago, Carmen (Jerry) Salemi, and Victor (Yvette) Maldonado, and the late Michael (Carmen) and Felix (the late Deborah) Maldonado; and the aunt, great-aunt, and friend of many.
Visitation is on Wednesday, March 22 from 10 a.m. until time of service, 2 p.m., at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St. in Oak Park, followed by private interment.
