Roger Alfred Forck Obituary
Roger Alfred Forck, age 71, of Gravois Mills, Missouri, passed away Sunday, December 24, 2023, at Good Shepherd Care Center, Versailles, Missouri. He was born March 26, 1952, in Jefferson City, Missouri, a son of Alfred B. and Rayma B. (Vanloo) Forck.
Roger lived most of his adult life in Kansas. He moved to the Lake of the Ozarks in the spring of 2014, where he was the former owner of Hop and Go on Cup Tree Road north of Laurie, MO. He enjoyed motorcycles, riding for charity events and as an honor guard for fallen friends and veterans. His other love was horses. He owned several during his lifetime and worked on a horse ranch in Texas as a young adult and belonged to a trail riding group in Kansas. He worked until retirement as a machinist at Tension Envelope Company in Kansas City and was also an elected union representative to the Graphic Arts Union. He liked to fish and hunt and rebuild motorcycles.
Survivors include a son, Brian Forck of Kansas City, Kansas; a friend, Marilyn Brenneman of the home in Gravois Mills, Missouri; his siblings, Joyce Grosko of Kansas City, Kansas, Daniel J. Forck of Hillsdale, Kansas, Stanley R. Forck of Hillsdale, Kansas and Laurie Jane Weyers of Overland Park, Kansas and a host of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his former wife, Naomi Forck.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to The Parkinson’s Foundation.
Cremation arrangements are under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.
