Alma M. Foster, 95, of Geneva, died Sunday, April 24, 2016. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of John G. and Anna Leith Stern.
She was the widow of Watson G. Foster who died in 1977. She was predeceased by a brother, Ensign John Leith Stern, U.S.N. in 1944.
Mrs. Foster had been an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Cayuga and also at Union Springs. She was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Union Springs. She was a member of the Springport Senior Citizens and Unit 97 of the American Legion Auxiliary. Together with her husband, she had served for 15 years as a 4-H Club leader and had been active with Literacy Volunteers. She also was a regular volunteer at Westminster Manor. She graduated from Auburn Community College in 1964. She retired from Cayuga County Health Department in 1987.
She is survived by a son, John Leith Foster and his wife, Luisa, of Cherry Hill, N.J.; by a son, Randolph H. Foster and his wife, Julie, of Chesapeake, Va., and a daughter, Elaine Goria, of Geneva. She also leaves four grandsons, Joseph and Christopher Foster, of New Jersey, Eric Goria, of Auburn, and Mark Goria, of Canandaigua, and one grand-daughter, Amanda Susanne McCammon, of Virginia. She also leaves 10 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1 in Trinity United Church of Christ in Union Springs. The Rev. Winifred Nelson will be officiating. Private burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery in Cayuga.
Arrangements entrusted to the Langham Funeral Home, LLC
She was the widow of Watson G. Foster who died in 1977. She was predeceased by a brother, Ensign John Leith Stern, U.S.N. in 1944.
Mrs. Foster had been an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Cayuga and also at Union Springs. She was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Union Springs. She was a member of the Springport Senior Citizens and Unit 97 of the American Legion Auxiliary. Together with her husband, she had served for 15 years as a 4-H Club leader and had been active with Literacy Volunteers. She also was a regular volunteer at Westminster Manor. She graduated from Auburn Community College in 1964. She retired from Cayuga County Health Department in 1987.
She is survived by a son, John Leith Foster and his wife, Luisa, of Cherry Hill, N.J.; by a son, Randolph H. Foster and his wife, Julie, of Chesapeake, Va., and a daughter, Elaine Goria, of Geneva. She also leaves four grandsons, Joseph and Christopher Foster, of New Jersey, Eric Goria, of Auburn, and Mark Goria, of Canandaigua, and one grand-daughter, Amanda Susanne McCammon, of Virginia. She also leaves 10 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1 in Trinity United Church of Christ in Union Springs. The Rev. Winifred Nelson will be officiating. Private burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery in Cayuga.
Arrangements entrusted to the Langham Funeral Home, LLC
Alma M. Foster, 95, of Geneva, died Sunday, April 24, 2016. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of John G. and Anna Leith Stern.
She was the widow of Watson G. Foster who died in 1977. She was predeceased by a brother, Ensign John Leith Stern, U.S.N. in 1944.
Mrs. Foster had been an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Cayuga and also at Union Springs. She was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Union Springs. She was a member of the Springport Senior Citizens and Unit 97 of the American Legion Auxiliary. Together with her husband, she had served for 15 years as a 4-H Club leader and had been active with Literacy Volunteers. She also was a regular volunteer at Westminster Manor. She graduated from Auburn Community College in 1964. She retired from Cayuga County Health Department in 1987.
She is survived by a son, John Leith Foster and his wife, Luisa, of Cherry Hill, N.J.; by a son, Randolph H. Foster and his wife, Julie, of Chesapeake, Va., and a daughter, Elaine Goria, of Geneva. She also leaves four grandsons, Joseph and Christopher Foster, of New Jersey, Eric Goria, of Auburn, and Mark Goria, of Canandaigua, and one grand-daughter, Amanda Susanne McCammon, of Virginia. She also leaves 10 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1 in Trinity United Church of Christ in Union Springs. The Rev. Winifred Nelson will be officiating. Private burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery in Cayuga.
Arrangements entrusted to the Langham Funeral Home, LLC
She was the widow of Watson G. Foster who died in 1977. She was predeceased by a brother, Ensign John Leith Stern, U.S.N. in 1944.
Mrs. Foster had been an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Cayuga and also at Union Springs. She was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Union Springs. She was a member of the Springport Senior Citizens and Unit 97 of the American Legion Auxiliary. Together with her husband, she had served for 15 years as a 4-H Club leader and had been active with Literacy Volunteers. She also was a regular volunteer at Westminster Manor. She graduated from Auburn Community College in 1964. She retired from Cayuga County Health Department in 1987.
She is survived by a son, John Leith Foster and his wife, Luisa, of Cherry Hill, N.J.; by a son, Randolph H. Foster and his wife, Julie, of Chesapeake, Va., and a daughter, Elaine Goria, of Geneva. She also leaves four grandsons, Joseph and Christopher Foster, of New Jersey, Eric Goria, of Auburn, and Mark Goria, of Canandaigua, and one grand-daughter, Amanda Susanne McCammon, of Virginia. She also leaves 10 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1 in Trinity United Church of Christ in Union Springs. The Rev. Winifred Nelson will be officiating. Private burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery in Cayuga.
Arrangements entrusted to the Langham Funeral Home, LLC
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