ALISON JEAN (VANMATRE) FORSMAN (1960 - 2010)
 Alison Jean (VanMatre) Forsman, age 49, quietly passed away in the early morning hours of February 15, 2010. Allison was a devoted friend, wife, mother, daughter, and sister whose loving spirit will be deeply missed.
Born on September 17, 1960 in Mount Vernon, Washington, Alison was the youngest of three children and the only daughter born to Clifford and Dorothy VanMatre.
Alison was an excellent student and graduated from Burlington-Edison High School in 1978 with a 4.0 GPA. She chose the beauty industry as a career, attended Mount Vernon Beauty School, and worked as a hairstylist for Odyssey and Headliners for many years.
On July 11, 1987 Alison married Sune Forsman at Hillcrest Park in Mount Vernon, and in 1993 she gave birth to their cherished daughter, Lexie.
Alison loved camping with her family and friends, snow and water skiing, bowling, roller skating, and gardening. She also really loved her Chihuahuas, Maley and Chewy.
Alison is survived by her husband, Sune; their daughter, Lexie; parents, Cliff and Dorothy VanMatre; in-laws, Nils and Maja Forsman; brothers, Doug (Margo) and Dale (Sue) VanMatre; brother-in-law, Kenth (Charlene) Forsman; cousins, Steve Cobb and Darlene Essies; many nieces and nephews; and family friends, Mike (Tracy) Guadana and Bill (Lisa) Clark. Long time friends remember Alison as a very caring and sometimes silly person who was well liked by all.
Services will be held at 1pm this Saturday, February 20, at Hulbush Funeral Home. A Celebration of Alison's life will follow at 3pm at the Bay View Community Center.
We would like to extend a sincere thank you to the doctors and nurses at Harbor View Medical Center for their exceptional care of Alison in her final hours.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Alison's name may be made to one of the places she and Lexie loved to volunteer their time: Humane Society of Skagit Valley, 18841 Kelleher Road, Burlington, WA 98233
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