Charleen Forsyth, age 85, of Brookings, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday, October 25th at First United Methodist Church with burial following in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be 6 - 8 p.m. on Saturday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Charleen "Char" Eleanor Forsyth was born November 11, 1929, to Millard Lincoln and Eleanor Francis (Moul) Hammond near Miranda, SD. She grew up in rural Faulk County and graduated from Redfield High School in 1947. After graduation she attended Northern State College where she graduated with her Teacher's Certificate. She then taught for one year in Orient. On September 7, 1950, she married Harry Forsyth. After he graduated from SDSU she spent the next four years with him in the active duty Army. In 1955, the couple moved to Brookings where Harry began teaching and coaching at SDSU. She stayed at home to raise her two children. In 1971 she went to work in the library at Hillcrest Elementary until her retirement in 1990. Charleen was an active member of First United Methodist Church where she particularly enjoyed working with her Care group. She was faithful about delivering church bulletins and visiting residents at local nursing homes and assisted living facilities. She and Harry enjoyed traveling, especially wintering in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Her hobbies included sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting and reading. She was an avid Jacks fan and rarely missed a game. Survivors include her husband, Harry; daughter, Susan (Harold) Hanson of Sioux Falls; her son, Maury (Tamara) of Brookings; her grandchildren: Angela (Eric) Schraeder of Rapid City, Jared (Stephanie) Hanson of Bellevue, NE, Matthew (Francesca) Jensen of Waco, TX, Nathan (Laura) Jensen of Portland, OR, Aimee (Ryan) Chase of Sioux Falls, and Riley Forsyth of Keystone, SD; her great grandchildren: Caleb and Logan Schraeder, Marcus and Brenden Hanson, Matteo, Marco, and Luciana Jensen, Parker and Hayes Jensen, Gabriel Pierstorff, and Devon and Juliana Chase; and sister, Jean (Willard) Weiss. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Richard Lincoln Hammond; and an infant sister, Helen Adelle. Memorial gifts can be made to the SDSU Foundation in support of the Harry and Charleen Forsyth Scholarship in Athletics.