Full-time Juneau residents will remember Faye Nell as a checker at Foodland and a school bus driver. She was active in Eastern Star and PEO, a non-sorority, and was actively involved in Rainbow. Charles died while flying in 1967.

On Dec. 19, 1969, Faye Nell married Linn A. Forrest in Juneau. That marriage increased the family’s size by seven more children. The couple continued to make Juneau their home until 1984, when they moved to Colt Island. They built their home on the island and hunted and fished in the area. Colt Island remained their home until her death.

“She was an avid gardener, was my hunting and fishing partner and my best friend. Together, we raised two of our great-granddaughters from infancy until school age and homeschooled one of our granddaughters on the island. She was known as a gracious hostess by friends, family members and strangers at our home on Colt Island,” her husband, Linn, said.

Faye Nell was preceded in death by Charles Gisel; her daughter, Sheryl; and Linn’s daughter, Arleta. She is survived by her husband, Linn Forrest of Colt Island; adult children Charles A. Gisel, Jr., of Carthage, Mo., Robert Gisel of Los Angeles, Calif., Craig Forrest of Homer, Linn A. “Sandy” Forrest III of Pensacola, Fla., Donald Forrest of Stuart, Fla., David Forrest of Juneau, Elaine Jordan of Wasilla, Steven Forrest of Anchorage; 15 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and her sisters and brothers in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska.