Jennifer Ione Forstrom

Forstrom, Jennifer Ione age 50. Born in Vancouver, B.C., passed away June 7, 2016. A bright and colorful light disappeared from our midst. After a year in Canada, she lived for two years with her family at Fort Bragg, N.C, 1966-68, then to a home in St. Louis Park where she attended Susan Lindgren Elementary School. With her love of art and theater, she went on to attend and graduate from the Minneapolis Children's Theater School, followed by 2 years each at U of M and the New York School of Visual Arts. After several years in Manhattan, she married Nickolas Poholchuk, a musician, and they moved to Cold Springs, N.Y., an artist village a short distance north from Manhattan in the Hudson River Valley. They lived there happily for several years, and bore a son, Evan. She worked in several jobs, an elementary art teacher, and in her love of decor she did finishing work in many homes. A social bee. she also enjoyed working at times in restaurants, meeting people like Paul Simon, Pete Seeger and Paul Newman. She was an outstanding cook. A tragic day changed her life in early 2012, when on a mountain road a snow storm steered her vehicle off the road and into a tree. The crash broke a vertebra in her neck. Within a few weeks, she lost her ability to walk. After surgery and rehabilitation she could still walk only with mechanical assistance, and she moved back to the western suburbs of Minneapolis. Fighting her incapacity, she worked in classes at the Mtka Art Center, creating beautiful art objects fired and colored in glass and pottery. Coming from her heart, she gave most of these as gifts to family and friends. She loved people, and all things beautiful. For all who have known and loved her, their world has been brightened by her, and darkened by her loss. She will be deeply missed. She is survived by her son, Evan, age 17, two brothers, Michael (Katie), Eric; a sister, Kerstin (fiance Tim); parents Nancy and Lee, & other family and friends. The funeral will be at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, 50th Street and Knox Avenue S, Mpls at 12:30 PM, visitation at 11:30 AM, on June 15, 2016. Lunch to follow. Private interment at Lakewood Cemetery. In lieu of cash or checks, donations may be given to breast cancer or lymphoma cancer foundations. Washburn-McReavy.com Edina Chapel 952-920-3996

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Jennifer Ione Forstrom

June 7, 2016

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