Amelia Joan (Fleming) Oster (1937 - 2012)

Born 5 Sep 1937 in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia

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Died 23 Apr 2012 at age 74 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Amelia Joan Fleming, known as Joan, was born on the 3th of September 1937 at Wangaratta Base hospital. ^[1]

She married Kerry James Forsyth on the 17th of May 1958 at Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia

Shepparton news newspaper article about the wedding:-

White Lace and Tulle for Bride's Frock

St. Alban's Church of England at Mooroopna was chosen for the wedding of Miss Joan Fleming, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Fleming of West Roadside, Tatura, and Mr. Kerry James Forsyth, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Forsyth of Shepparton East. Chrysanthemums and autumn foliage decorated the Church, with white bows adorning the ends of the pews.

The bride, given away by her father, wore a gown of white lace and tulle made over satin, and her fingertip veil was held in place by a diamante studded head dress. She carried a bouquet of gardenias and rosebuds.

The bride's sister, Miss Margaret Fleming, was the bridesmaid, wearing a ballerina frock of pale blue nylon, and carrying a bouquet of pink carnations and rosebuds.

The bridegroom was attended by Mr. Robert Hall of Mooroopna. At the wedding reception held at the Arcadia Cafe, guests were received by the parents of both bride and bridegroom.

Mrs. Fleming wore a frock of pale mauve crepe, with matching hat and taupe accessories, finishing her toilette with an orchid spray, and Mrs. Forsyth chose a junior navy suit, hat, and accessories, wearing an orchid spray on her lapel.

The young couple will make their home in Knight Street, Shepparton.

Joan passed away in the Goulburn Valley Base hospital on the 23rd of April 2012 with her family by her side. ^[2]

Her funeral was held on the 27th of April.at Pine Lodge Cemetery, Pine Lodge, Greater Shepparton City, Victoria, Australia with a death date of 23 April 2012.^[3]

Eulogy The third of Daisy and Archie Fleming’s four children, Amelia Joan was born at Wangaratta on 5th September, 1937; her siblings are Ken, Margaret, and Elaine.

Joan was brought up in North East Victoria. The family moved around a lot for work. Joan left Rochester High School at about fourteen years of age, and worked in grocery stores in Wangaratta and then Shepparton.

Through friends, Joan met Kerry Forsyth in 1957 and they married at the Church of England in Mooroopna in 1958. Joan looked after the home and their two children - Kerryn who was born in 1958 and Ross who arrived two years later in 1960. Once the children were attending school, Joan worked as a kindergarten assistant at St David’s Kindergarten in Shepparton. Later on, Joan and Kerry were divorced.

While attending a country music club meeting in 1975, Joan met Bud Oster and they married on 1st December 1981 at Mount Major. They lived in Shepparton and Joan continued to work for the Yakka clothing company for a while, then later in food services at the Mooroopna Hospital, until it closed.

Bud and Joan bought the General Store at Dookie in 1990, where they worked for five years. After they sold the business they continued to live at Dookie for another five years. Bud went back to his previous occupation in automotive spare parts sales … and Joan retired. When Bud had his annual holidays they used to enjoy exploring Australia. Until recently Joan loved working as a volunteer at the Revamp Op Shop in Fryers Street, Shepparton.

In her younger years Joan played tennis, and later she took up bowls, playing first for East Shepparton and then Dookie. She loved gardening, roses being one of her favourite flowers, and she also grew vegetables. She enjoyed crosswords, word puzzles, scrabble, card games such as euchre, five hundred and Canasta … and Joan was also an avid reader of crime stories. She enjoyed most genres of music but particularly loved country music, and some of her favourite singers were Rod Stewart, Roy Orbison, Jimmy Barnes, Neil Diamond … and the list goes on.

Since about 2007, Joan has contended with ill-health, and so she and Bud moved to Rodney Park in 2011. Joan suffered pneumonia and some heart failure last Christmas and she was admitted to GV Base Hospital for a time, before returning home. On Wednesday 18th April 2012 Joan was re-admitted to GV Base after a cardiac arrest. Joan died there on Monday 23rd April 2012 with family by her side.

A very caring, sometimes stubborn, always generous person, with a good sense of humour, Joan was very protective of her family and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

Joan leaves Bud, her husband of thirty-one years; she leaves her two children - Kerryn and Ross; she leaves her six grandchildren - Andrew, Lisa, Samantha, Kathryn, Prudence, and Simeon;

She leaves two great-grand-children - Khaylen and Nevaeh and would have dearly loved to have met her treasured, soon-to-be-born, great grandchild.

Joan is survived by her three siblings - Ken, Margaret, and Elaine. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria, Australia birth certificate for Amelia Joan Fleming reg # 33398/1937 held by Kerryn Forsyth-576
2. ↑ Victoria, Australia death certificate for Amelia Joan OSTER reg # 29363/2012 held by Kerryn
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #123068840 (accessed 1 January 2023)
   Memorial page for Amelia "Joan" Fleming Oster (5 Sep 1937-23 Apr 2012), citing Pine Lodge Cemetery, Pine Lodge, Greater Shepparton City, Victoria, Australia (plot: Hakea Place site no 153); Maintained by Kerryn Taylor (contributor 48317429).
4. ↑ first hand knowledge of Kerryn Forsyth-576