Edna Grauer Foster, 91, died Thursday, July 7, 1994 at her residence at United Methodist Senior Services-Cedars Health Center in Tupelo after an extended illness. A native of Faunsdale Ala., she spent much of her life in Okolona. She was retired from Howard"s Department Store and J. Ruble and Company. She was a longtime member of the Okolona Methodist Church where she was past president of the Women's Society.
At the time of her death, she was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Tupelo. She was past Worthy Matron of the Ruth Chapter 6, Order of the Eastern Star and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Railroad Brotherhood of Trainmen. She was one of the early residents of Traceway Manor where she lived for the past 18 years. She is preceded in death her husband Horace Paulk Foster, who died in 1959, and her sister, Nan Oakley, and three brothers, Earl Grauer, Sr., John L. Grauer and Henry Warren Grauer, Jr.
Services were held Saturday, July 9 at the Lee Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. B. F. Lee officiating. Burial was in the Oddfellows Cemetery in Okolona.
Survivors include three nephews, Warren Oakley of Starkville, William Grauer of Silver Springs, Md., Earl Grauer, Jr. of Fulton; three neices, Bobbie Rosato and Dot Kelly, both of Tupelo, and Barbara Cady of Silver Springs, Md.
Pallbearers were Earl Grauer, Jr., Warren Oakley, Robert Oakley, William Oakley, Pete Rosato, Jerry Long, Harry Dickman and Henry Owen.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, July 14, 1994, Page 8.
At the time of her death, she was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Tupelo. She was past Worthy Matron of the Ruth Chapter 6, Order of the Eastern Star and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Railroad Brotherhood of Trainmen. She was one of the early residents of Traceway Manor where she lived for the past 18 years. She is preceded in death her husband Horace Paulk Foster, who died in 1959, and her sister, Nan Oakley, and three brothers, Earl Grauer, Sr., John L. Grauer and Henry Warren Grauer, Jr.
Services were held Saturday, July 9 at the Lee Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. B. F. Lee officiating. Burial was in the Oddfellows Cemetery in Okolona.
Survivors include three nephews, Warren Oakley of Starkville, William Grauer of Silver Springs, Md., Earl Grauer, Jr. of Fulton; three neices, Bobbie Rosato and Dot Kelly, both of Tupelo, and Barbara Cady of Silver Springs, Md.
Pallbearers were Earl Grauer, Jr., Warren Oakley, Robert Oakley, William Oakley, Pete Rosato, Jerry Long, Harry Dickman and Henry Owen.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, July 14, 1994, Page 8.
Edna Grauer Foster, 91, died Thursday, July 7, 1994 at her residence at United Methodist Senior Services-Cedars Health Center in Tupelo after an extended illness. A native of Faunsdale Ala., she spent much of her life in Okolona. She was retired from Howard"s Department Store and J. Ruble and Company. She was a longtime member of the Okolona Methodist Church where she was past president of the Women's Society.
At the time of her death, she was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Tupelo. She was past Worthy Matron of the Ruth Chapter 6, Order of the Eastern Star and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Railroad Brotherhood of Trainmen. She was one of the early residents of Traceway Manor where she lived for the past 18 years. She is preceded in death her husband Horace Paulk Foster, who died in 1959, and her sister, Nan Oakley, and three brothers, Earl Grauer, Sr., John L. Grauer and Henry Warren Grauer, Jr.
Services were held Saturday, July 9 at the Lee Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. B. F. Lee officiating. Burial was in the Oddfellows Cemetery in Okolona.
Survivors include three nephews, Warren Oakley of Starkville, William Grauer of Silver Springs, Md., Earl Grauer, Jr. of Fulton; three neices, Bobbie Rosato and Dot Kelly, both of Tupelo, and Barbara Cady of Silver Springs, Md.
Pallbearers were Earl Grauer, Jr., Warren Oakley, Robert Oakley, William Oakley, Pete Rosato, Jerry Long, Harry Dickman and Henry Owen.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, July 14, 1994, Page 8.
At the time of her death, she was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Tupelo. She was past Worthy Matron of the Ruth Chapter 6, Order of the Eastern Star and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Railroad Brotherhood of Trainmen. She was one of the early residents of Traceway Manor where she lived for the past 18 years. She is preceded in death her husband Horace Paulk Foster, who died in 1959, and her sister, Nan Oakley, and three brothers, Earl Grauer, Sr., John L. Grauer and Henry Warren Grauer, Jr.
Services were held Saturday, July 9 at the Lee Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. B. F. Lee officiating. Burial was in the Oddfellows Cemetery in Okolona.
Survivors include three nephews, Warren Oakley of Starkville, William Grauer of Silver Springs, Md., Earl Grauer, Jr. of Fulton; three neices, Bobbie Rosato and Dot Kelly, both of Tupelo, and Barbara Cady of Silver Springs, Md.
Pallbearers were Earl Grauer, Jr., Warren Oakley, Robert Oakley, William Oakley, Pete Rosato, Jerry Long, Harry Dickman and Henry Owen.
The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, July 14, 1994, Page 8.
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