George Willard Foster (1905-1947) - Find a Grave Memorial

George Willard Foster

Birth

8 Apr 1905

Wolf Lake, Union County, Illinois, USA

Death

17 Apr 1947 (aged 42)

Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA

Burial

Anna Cemetery

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George Foster died from injuries he incurred from an explosion at his workplace -- Atlas Powder Company, near Wolf Lake. He was foreman of one of the steel-housed pellet presses. At least three other men were critically injured. The blasts were felt at Thebes (20 miles away) and at Grand Tower (12 miles away).

Source: Carbondale Free Press, Friday, April 18, 1947

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Edith Laura "Eddie" Rhodes Foster

1911–2013

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James Foster

1933–2018

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Elison Foster

Luvica Lindsey Foster

Edith Laura "Eddie" Rhodes Foster

Cora Foster Bolen

John Foster

Esther A Foster Knight

Minnie E Foster McMahan

Ethel M Foster Whitlock

James Foster

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Elison Foster

Luvica Lindsey Foster

Edith Laura "Eddie" Rhodes Foster

Cora Foster Bolen

John Foster

Esther A Foster Knight

Minnie E Foster McMahan

Ethel M Foster Whitlock

James Foster

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