Rual Bernard Forsythe

July 19, 1922 - November 10, 2007

Funeral service for Rual Bernard Forsythe, 85, Deltona, who died Saturday, November 10, 2007, at Golden Abbey ALF, Port Orange, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 14, at Lankford Funeral Home, 220 E. New York Ave., DeLand, with the Rev. Alvaro Jimenez officiating. Burial will be in DeLand Memorial Gardens. Calling hours are from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. today (Tuesday) at Lankford Funeral Home.

Mr. Forsythe was born in Taylorville, IL and moved here in 1951 from Springfield, IL. He was the owner of the KiKia Club in DeLand, and the founder of The Rual Forsythe Orchestra. He was a member of Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church in Deltona and loved to travel to the Bahamas and Las Vegas.

Survivors include three sons, Rual Joseph Forsythe, Paul Anthony Forsythe and Mark Howard Forsythe, all of DeLand; daughter, Anita Lynn King, Deltona, 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

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