Our heartfelt sympathy to Joan and family. We remember the early 60's when we were all newlyweds sharing the happy times. May God's Love and Peace comfort you in your sorrow.

I was very sorry to get the news from my dad. My prayers are with you all.

Joan,

So Sorry. Be assured of my prayers.

Denise

Joan, So sorry to hear about John. He is now with Ed in that better place, not suffering any more.

Just looking over us with care and love. You have mine and the kids deeptest simpathy Love Joan

Dear Joan,Jimmy,Daniel,and Ben

You are all in my thoughts and prayers. I only wish I had been able to meet your family under different circumstances. I enjoyed my conversations about soccer with John. Again my deepest condolences.

Joan,

My sincere condolences to you and family for your loss. I have only happy memories of John at Marist and driving around in his car & him talking about this beautiful nurse he was going to marry. I was lucky to have known him and even more to call him my friend. He was a genuine GOOD Guy and had this big smile I'll always remember.I hope the good memories will give you and your family some solace and also put a smile on your face.John would want that.

Dear Joan, Jimmy and family: We mourn the loss of John and know he is in a better place with the Lord. His life was full and purposeful and will be remembered.

Joan

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Growing up across the street from John ,many great memories from Ave. A, St Mary's, Marist and just "hangin out". The Marist 1958 yearbook said it best ""Foerst,"firsty" is second to none in everything""

Dear Joan, Jim & Family: Our deepest sympathy go out to you on the passing of John. He will always be remembered for his kind mannerism and infectious smile. It was our pleasure to have been in his circle of friends. May God be with all of you during this sad time and may all your memories become treasures.

Dear Joan: I am so sorry for your troubles. "Foersty" as we used to call him in St Mary's was a great guy who always would go out of his way to help another one of us.

We went to school together for 17 years and this really strikes home. I hope his passing was peaceful and that your inner strength is there to help the rest of the family.

I shall remember him my prayers.

Joan, I'm so sorry for you and your family. I think of the memories of St. Mary's and Marist High in Bayonne that we shared at our reunions. I feel honored to have known him as a classmate and a friend. My prayers are with you and your family.

Dear Joan, Jim and all of your family,

I offer you my sincere sympathy at this sad time. You wouldn't want to see John suffer any longer. He was such a good man and he is now in a much better place.

I regret that I can not attend his wake or funeral celebration due to a medical issue.

I will offer a private mass for John very soon for the happy repose of his soul and I will also remember all of you in my prayers.

God Bless You.

Father Michael Driscoll

Dear Aunt Joan, Jimmy, and family,

I mourn the loss of Uncle John today. I conclude clearly how the fruit of the Holy Spirit was evident in my uncle's/brother-in- Christ's life, as evidenced by the testimonies given here. Let us mourn, grieve, and cry, yet, let us also celebrate his Heaven-ward call Home to be with his eternal Father, God, and His Son, our LORD, Jesus Christ!

Dear Aunt Joan, Jimmy, and family,

I mourn the loss of Uncle John today. I conclude clearly how the fruit of the Holy Spirit was evident in my uncle's/brother-in- Christ's life, as evidenced by the testimonies given here. Let us mourn, grieve, and cry, yet, let us also celebrate his Heaven-ward call Home to be with his eternal Father, God, and His Son, our LORD, Jesus Christ!

Dear Aunt Joan, Jimmy, and family,

I mourn the loss of Uncle John today. I conclude clearly how the fruit of the Holy Spirit was evident in my uncle's/brother-in- Christ's life, as evidenced by the testimonies given here. Let us mourn, grieve, and cry, yet, let us also celebrate his Heaven-ward call Home to be with his eternal Father, God, and His Son, our LORD, Jesus Christ!

Dear Aunt Joan and extended family, I am so sad to hear of the loss of Uncle John. My heart goes out to you during this difficult time of sadness and transition. Life is filled with its ups and downs and I will pray that you receive some of the ups in the coming months. Still clearly engraved upon my mind are the memories of our family visit to your charming house, exploring the old barn, discovering the vintage car found within and your garden with the rows of crops in which we played. My thoughts are with you.

Love,

Darrell Fransen

It is with great sadness that I learned of Cousin John's passing. Just a few days ago, I saw a picture of him that Cousin Robert sent us from our wedding. May the Choirs of Angels come to greet him as they bring him to Paradise and the Lord give you comfort and peace. With thoughts and prayers, Judy (Mydosh) Mullen

John was a blessing to anyone who knew him. His friendship, sense of humor, kindness, encouragement, and words of wisdom will be missed daily. We are so fortunate to have been able to call him “brother”. He most certainly made this planet a better place, and served his entire life as a wonderful example of a servant of our Lord, loving God with all his heart, mind and soul. We are better for having known him, and we will miss him greatly until we see him again in Heaven. We can picture him there now, talking with the civil war veterans about all the great battles, in awe of our Lord, and smiling away.

Joan I was very sorry to hear of our loss. My prayers and thoughts are with you and your family at this time.

Love your Cousin

My Father(Ed Stanul) sends his prayers too.

Aunt Joan and family, We express our deepest sympathy to you. We pray for you, and for Uncle John in this time of loss. I'll never forget how much fun all of the Fransen kids had visisting and playing in your barn years ago! Love, Tim, Belinda, Trevor (8) Derek (5) Fransen

Dear Mrs. Foerst, I will miss Mr. Foerst very much. He was so nice and made me laugh. I enjoyed learning about the civil war from him, and talking football. I hope when I grow up I am as good of man as he. I will be praying for you, James, and Daniel.

My condolences to you, Joan, and entire the Foerst family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.

Love,

Courtney & Alex Barasch

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. We will always remember the good times we shared together, especially the New Year's Eve party in Bayonne.

So sorry to all the family for your loss. May John rest in peace with Christ. We will miss him. Joe & Kathleen Kosek & family & Joe D'Imperio

Rest in peace.

It was a pleasure when Mr. Foerst came into the office and we enjoyed many really good talks and I will miss that. My condolences to all the family.

John was more than a cousin to me he was a good friend of my family and we loved him and his family dearly. I will miss his sense of humor and me kidding him about being my rich lawyer cousin. We had a great time when he, Joan, and John D came to visit in Seattle especially Fort Casey, and when we all went to Jimmy's wedding, Elizabeth will never forget. Many times we spoke of how our family was so close and together, and how we looked our for each other. These are just some of the things we will always remember. God bless you cousin, and your wonderful family...