Canton woman donates bench in mother’s memory

Pictured with Ms. Forbes are several caregivers who helped care for her mother at Maplewood. Front row, from left, Ms. Forbes and CNA Lori Chilton; back row, LPN Kristen Autrey and CNA Kerrianne Ames.

CANTON -- Lyn Forbes of Canton recently donated a bench to the United Helpers Maplewood Health Care & Rehabilitation Center in memory of her mother, who was a resident in the building’s Memory Care unit.

The bench now sits outside the entrance to the neighborhood where her mother lived, to be enjoyed by staff and residents.

A plaque on the bench reads, “In Memory of Margaret “Peg” Forbes.”