Birth date: Aug 15, 1965 Death date: Jan 21, 2026
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of William "Todd" Fornshell on January 21st 2026, at 60 years old. He was born on August 15, 1965, in Miamisburg, OH. He moved to Florida when he was 7 years old. Todd was larger than l Read Obituary
Todd was the king of el de oro west in the 70’s!
I have such fond memories of Todd and Bryan and their amazing parents.
Jay and I are so saddened by this news.
Fondly,
Holly Roesch
Todd meant so much to me and so many others- not just as a co workers but as a friend . I will always be grateful for the memories, laughter, and support we shared. My hearts goes out to you Kim and your family, I hope you can find some comfort in your memories, he will be missed by all that knew him.
I'll never forget when he broke his leg and tied his wheelchair to my big wheel and made me pull him around El De Oro West! I was like 5 at the time so I'd start peddling and the wheels would just spin but we couldn't move! Bryan had to give me a push to get things moving!
My favorite memory of Todd was when we were kids. It was in July of 1980 in Dayton. I was working there and staying with grandma Fornshell. Todd was visiting with his mom and dad and Bryan. I was going to a concert with a buddy who backed out at the last minute so I asked Todd if we wanted to go. He said yes. I told him we need to let mom and dad know so he said let's tell dad
Uncle John said yes but only if aunt Phyllis said yes. (oh no) So we asked her, she said tes and then after we high fived and smiled she asked who we were seeing. I said softly "Alice Cooper" she said who, I answered again biu she still didn't hear me, so she got closer and asked again and this time she heard .e and said Oh Hell No. Well we protested because she had already said yes. At this time Uncle John was laughing but he said we could go. Aunt Phyllis said John no and then why, he said she should have asked whp we were seeing first before she said yes. L
We immediately got in the car and left before minds could get changed. We had front row seats and had a blast. We got covered in Green slime and I believe Tood got a drum stick the drummer threw in the crowd. He was grinning from ear to ear and you couldn't slap that grin off his face. When I saw Todd as his mom's funeral the first thing he said to me was remember that Alice Cooper concert we went to. Yes I did remember. And after 40 plus years he did too. What a memory. RIP Todd.
Jeff Fornshell
I have a lot of special memories with my Uncle Todd, but one of the many that makes me smile every time I think about it is the stories of his families fish tank and his fish. Anytime he got a new fish for his fish tank there was a fully detailed story on how he got it, how the family came up with the name, and everything about the type of fish it was. I could see him smiling and rubbing his hands together through the phone. His energy and excitement was palpable.. those stories were contagious and made me believe my Uncle had the coolest fish tank ever. I love you Uncle Todd! I can’t wait to see the fish tank you’ve got in heaven.. and I still think we should get a race horse.. haha!
My favorite memory of Todd is from when we were kids. I'm his older cousin and was going to a concert in Dayton and was staying at our grandma Fornshell's house. He was in Miamisburg visiting with his mom and dad and Bryan. I asked if he wanted to go see Alice Cooper and of course he said yes. I told him we needed to ask mom and dad first. He said ask dad (lol) so I did and of course Uncle John said yes but that we still had to check with mom (aunt Phyllis) she said yes but then asked who we were seeing and I said indistinguishable Alice Cooper a couple of times. When she finally figured out who it actually was she said no but Uncle John said he could still go because she said yes before asking who we were seeing. He was so happy. We had front row seats at the show and got covered with green slime and I believe he even got to take home a drum stick from that show. We had a great time and it was his first concert and you couldn't slap the smile off of his face. When I saw him for the first time in many years at his mom's memorial service, the first thing he said to me was remember when we went to that Alice Cooper concert!! What a lasting memory that ended up being for both of us for over 45 years.
