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Joseph Foster
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[August
27, 2007]
Joseph James Foster, 91, of Lincoln
died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007, at 1:40 a.m. at St. Clara's Manor.
A celebration of life service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1,
at Second Baptist Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Glenn Shelton
officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. |
Burial will be in Old Union Cemetery at a later
date. Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Lincoln is handling arrangements.
Mr. Foster was a retired postal employee.
He served in the Marine Corps during World War
II.
He was born July 31, 1916, in Fairbury to Joseph
and Cornelia Robinson Foster. He married Mary O.
Gorens on Oct. 16, 1938, in Lincoln. She preceded
him in death on July 3, 2004.
He is survived by two sons, Joseph Phillip (and
Lisa) Foster of Orlando, Fla., and Steven L. Foster
of Lincoln, and three grandchildren.
Two sisters and one brother also preceded him in
death. He was the last of his immediate family. |
He was a member of the Second Baptist Church of
Lincoln, American Legion Post 263 of Lincoln and the
American Postal Workers Union.
Memorials may be made to his church.
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