Chris Forzano

Graveside services for Chris Jeffers Forzano, 28 of Tyler, will be held on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 4:30 at Tyler Memorial Park with Rabbi Alan Learner officiating. Burial will follow in Tyler Memorial Park Cemetery under direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Chris passed away, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at the East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. He was born December 12, 1979 in Tyler to Michael and Barbara Jeffers Forzano. He attended Clarkston, Moore and Robert E. Lee. He had many interests and talents including playing and listening to the piano, painting and reading for information. He worked with his mom trying to start a decorative concrete business, Arconcretisan. Chris loved classical music and taught himself Japanese and painting he loved all types of arts and crafts. He enjoyed nature, wildlife and was interested in environmental issues. His favorite holiday was Halloween and he celebrated it with great joy. Chris was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Nelson Kendall Jeffers and uncle, Richard “Bud” Hale Jeffers. He is survived by his loving family including his mother, Barbara Jeffers Forzano of Tyler, Father and step-mother, Michael and Jan Forzano of Whitehouse, step-brothers, Chris Weigman and wife Kim, Michael McKee and wife Andrea, paternal grandparents, Dick and Bonnie Forzano of West Virginia, Lomond and Bobby Bussey of Athens, Dick and Sam Wilgus of Louisiana, maternal grandmother, Jerry Lee Jeffers of Tyler, aunts and uncles, Bob and Donna Forzano, of Ohio, Rick and Linda Forzano of Virginia, Randy and Robin Forzano of West Virginia, Bonnie Carol Burcham of Ohio, Barbara and Roland Robertson of West Virginia, Kathy Jeffers Gannon of Ohio and Arizona, Sharon Jeffers of Ohio, and several cousins, nieces, nephews and dear friends. Pallbearers will be Chris Wiegman, Daniel Wilgus, Mark Wilgus, Ron Beals, Danny Ericson, John Zimmerman. Honorary Pallbearers will be Bob Forzano, Rick Forzano, Anthony Cortez, Kimiko Rios, Becca Newland, Randy Alexander. Memorials in honor of Chris Jeffers Forzano may be made to the Humane Society, 1823 CR 386, Tyler, TX 75708 or Southwest Transplant Alliance, 3710 Rawlins, Suite 1100, Dallas, TX 75219/ www.organ.org .

Chris Forzano

December 9, 1979 - September 24, 2008