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Richard B. Foster

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Richard B. Foster

Birth
Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA
Death
20 Jan 1947 (aged 83)
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block B, Lot 33, Grave 6
Memorial ID
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h/o Flora A. Luster f/o Carolyn J. Johnson, Jo C. Phelps, Gladys M. Moseley, Luster V. Foster, Lester & Corden.

Richard Brandon FOSTER b: 28 Feb 1863 Quailrun, Barthlomew Co, IN d: 20 Jan 1947 Fairfield, Wayne Co, IL buried 22 Jan 1947 Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne Co, Ill s/o Joshua G. FOSTER (1834OH-1911) & Clarisa E. ROGERS (1832IN-1877), m: Wayne Co, Ill 1 Jan 1890 Flora Alice (Laura) LUSTER b: 27 Mar 1868 Vandalia, Fayette Co, IL d: 11 Feb 1947 Fairfield, Wayne Co, Ill. buried 13 Feb 1947 at Maple Hill cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne, IL d/o William B. Luster & Caroline Beard.

Wayne Co, Newpaper Thursday January 23, 1947, Fairfield, Ill,
RICHARD "DICK FOSTER DIES AT HOME HERE. --- Retired Fairfield Building Contractor Succumbs to Heart Attack.
Richard "Dick FOSTER, 83, retired building contractor, passed away at his home on West Main Street about 4:30 o'clock Monday afternnon following a hear attack. Mr. FOSTER had been in declining health for some time suffering from the frailties of advanced age. On Friday afternoon he suffered a severe heart attack and another the following morning, His condition grew steadily weaker until the third attack just before he died.
For many years Mr. FOSTER was well known as a building contractor in this community. He was first a member of the firm of Felix, Brown, & Foster, spending the latter years of his active life in partnership with the late Grant Brown. The services were held at the Nale funeral home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. (today) by Rev. Allan Gill, of Golden Gate. Burial was in the Maple Hill cemetery, Richard Brandon FOSTER, son of Joshua George FOSTER & Clarissa Evelyn ROGERS FOSTER was born in Quailrun, Ind. on February 28, 1863. Coming to this county at an early age, he was married to Flora Alice LUSTER, of Fairfield on January 1st 1890. To this union six children were born two dying in infancy. Surviving are three daughters, Josephine, wife of Uel Phelps, of Fairfield, Gladys, wife of J. R. MOSELY, of West Frankford, and Carolyn, wife of Roy JOHNSON, of Golden Gate, one son, Luster V . FOSTER of Fairfield, 14 grandhchildren and ___ great-grandchildren. *dj5/28/1998c.
h/o Flora A. Luster f/o Carolyn J. Johnson, Jo C. Phelps, Gladys M. Moseley, Luster V. Foster, Lester & Corden.

Richard Brandon FOSTER b: 28 Feb 1863 Quailrun, Barthlomew Co, IN d: 20 Jan 1947 Fairfield, Wayne Co, IL buried 22 Jan 1947 Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne Co, Ill s/o Joshua G. FOSTER (1834OH-1911) & Clarisa E. ROGERS (1832IN-1877), m: Wayne Co, Ill 1 Jan 1890 Flora Alice (Laura) LUSTER b: 27 Mar 1868 Vandalia, Fayette Co, IL d: 11 Feb 1947 Fairfield, Wayne Co, Ill. buried 13 Feb 1947 at Maple Hill cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne, IL d/o William B. Luster & Caroline Beard.

Wayne Co, Newpaper Thursday January 23, 1947, Fairfield, Ill,
RICHARD "DICK FOSTER DIES AT HOME HERE. --- Retired Fairfield Building Contractor Succumbs to Heart Attack.
Richard "Dick FOSTER, 83, retired building contractor, passed away at his home on West Main Street about 4:30 o'clock Monday afternnon following a hear attack. Mr. FOSTER had been in declining health for some time suffering from the frailties of advanced age. On Friday afternoon he suffered a severe heart attack and another the following morning, His condition grew steadily weaker until the third attack just before he died.
For many years Mr. FOSTER was well known as a building contractor in this community. He was first a member of the firm of Felix, Brown, & Foster, spending the latter years of his active life in partnership with the late Grant Brown. The services were held at the Nale funeral home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. (today) by Rev. Allan Gill, of Golden Gate. Burial was in the Maple Hill cemetery, Richard Brandon FOSTER, son of Joshua George FOSTER & Clarissa Evelyn ROGERS FOSTER was born in Quailrun, Ind. on February 28, 1863. Coming to this county at an early age, he was married to Flora Alice LUSTER, of Fairfield on January 1st 1890. To this union six children were born two dying in infancy. Surviving are three daughters, Josephine, wife of Uel Phelps, of Fairfield, Gladys, wife of J. R. MOSELY, of West Frankford, and Carolyn, wife of Roy JOHNSON, of Golden Gate, one son, Luster V . FOSTER of Fairfield, 14 grandhchildren and ___ great-grandchildren. *dj5/28/1998c.


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