Foster, Howard Riley

1927 - 2009  (82 years)

• Name	Foster, Howard Riley
  Birth	28 Jul 1927	Blossburg, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Graduation	Abt Jun 1945	Westfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Westfield HS
  Name	Bud
  	20230907GHLn- Howard Foster Obituary FOSTER, Howard Riley "Bud" 82, of 2369 Austinburg Road, Westfield, PA, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, PA. Born in Blossburg, PA, July 28, 1927, he was the son of Elloyd & Margaret Alice Parsons Foster. A 1945 graduate of Westfield High School, he was a World War II Veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Army of Occupation in Europe. He was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for 40 years, retiring as Post Master at Elkland, PA. He was a member of the Austinburg United Methodist Church, the Knoxville, PA VFW, the Elkland, PA American Legion Post, the Valley 49ers Square Dance Club, served as a scouter for 5 Rivers Boy Scout Council, was former local police officer for Westfield Boro and Brookfield Township, PA, was a member of Northern Tier Recreation Association, a trustee of Woodlawn Cemetery Assoc and delivered Meals on Wheels for 15 years. He married Ava Payne on June 20 1948. She survives. Also surviving are his daughter and son in law, Karen & Wallace Zinck of Woodhull, NY, his son and daughter-in-law, Thomas & Dolores Foster of Cincinnati, OH, his grandchildren, Amy Druetto of Knoxville, PA, Michael Zinck of Enola, PA, Kelly Foster of Rochester, NY, Riley Kiersten, Matthew & Jonathan Foster, all of Cincinnati and 4 great grandchildren. Friends may call on Sunday, August 2 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the H.P. Smith & Son, Inc. Funeral Home, 1607 Main St. Woodhull, NY, where funeral services will be conducted on Monday at 11:00 AM. Pastor Sherry Good will officiate. Burial, with military honors, will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Austinburg, PA. Published by Star-Gazette on Aug. 1, 2009.
  Occupation	Elkland, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
  	employed by the U.S. Postal Service for 40 years, retiring as Post Master at Elkland, PA.
  _MILT	Europe
  	US Army in the Army of Ocupation in Europe
  Death	30 Jul 2009	Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
  	age 82 Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital
  Burial	Aft 30 Jul 2009	Woodhull Cemetery, Woodhull, Steuben, New York, USA
  Person ID	I93297	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Foster, Elloyd Wheeler,   b. 9 Apr 1903, Wheelerville, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Feb 1987, Westfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Parsons, Margaret Alice,   b. 1905, Westfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Dec 1926	Chemung, New York, USA   [1]
  	20230907GHLn- Elloyd Wheeler Foster in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 Name Elloyd Wheeler Foster Gender Male Age 23 Birth abt 1903 Wheelerville, PA Marriage 24 Dec 1926 Chemung, New York his 1st his occ teacher Father Charles J Foster Mother Minerva Wheeler Spouse Margaret Alice Parsons Film Number 001008480 Record for Margaret Alice Parsons (10) facts Name Margaret Alice Parsons Gender Female Age 21 Birth abt 1905 Westfield marriage her 1st her occ teacher Father Lester H Parsons Mother Frances Burgett Spouse Elloyd Wheeler Foster Film Number 001008480
  Family ID	F55244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Payne, Ava
  Marriage	20 Jun 1948
  	He married Ava Payne on June 20 1948
  Children	1. Foster, Karen  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Foster, Thomas  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F55245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 28 Jul 1927 - Blossburg, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Graduation - Westfield HS - Abt Jun 1945 - Westfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Occupation - employed by the U.S. Postal Service for 40 years, retiring as Post Master at Elkland, PA. - - Elkland, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 30 Jul 2009 - Wellsboro, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  20230907GHLn- Howard Foster Obituary FOSTER, Howard Riley "Bud" 82, of 2369 Austinburg Road, Westfield, PA, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2009 at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro, PA. Born in Blossburg, PA, July 28, 1927, he was the son of Elloyd & Margaret Alice Parsons Foster. A 1945 graduate of Westfield High School, he was a World War II Veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Army of Occupation in Europe. He was employed by the U.S. Postal Service for 40 years, retiring as Post Master at Elkland, PA. He was a member of the Austinburg United Methodist Church, the Knoxville, PA VFW, the Elkland, PA American Legion Post, the Valley 49ers Square Dance Club, served as a scouter for 5 Rivers Boy Scout Council, was former local police officer for Westfield Boro and Brookfield Township, PA, was a member of Northern Tier Recreation Association, a trustee of Woodlawn Cemetery Assoc and delivered Meals on Wheels for 15 years. He married Ava Payne on June 20 1948. She survives. Also surviving are his daughter and son in law, Karen & Wallace Zinck of Woodhull, NY, his son and daughter-in-law, Thomas & Dolores Foster of Cincinnati, OH, his grandchildren, Amy Druetto of Knoxville, PA, Michael Zinck of Enola, PA, Kelly Foster of Rochester, NY, Riley Kiersten, Matthew & Jonathan Foster, all of Cincinnati and 4 great grandchildren. Friends may call on Sunday, August 2 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the H.P. Smith & Son, Inc. Funeral Home, 1607 Main St. Woodhull, NY, where funeral services will be conducted on Monday at 11:00 AM. Pastor Sherry Good will officiate. Burial, with military honors, will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Austinburg, PA. Published by Star-Gazette on Aug. 1, 2009.

  
  

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  [S1145] Ancestry.com, New York, County Marriages, 1847-1849; 1907-1936, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). Record for Elloyd Wheeler Foster (12) facts 20230907GHLn- 20230907GHLn- Elloyd Wheeler Foster in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 Name Elloyd Wheeler Foster Gender Male Age 23 Birth abt 1903 Wheelerville, PA Marriage 24 Dec 1926 Chemung, New York his 1st his occ teacher Father Charles J Foster Mother Minerva Wheeler Spouse Margaret Alice Parsons Film Number 001008480 Record for Margaret Alice Parsons (10) facts Name Margaret Alice Parsons Gender Female Age 21 Birth abt 1905 Westfield marriage her 1st her occ teacher Father Lester H Parsons Mother Frances Burgett Spouse Elloyd Wheeler Foster Film Number 001008480 ___________ 20250629GHLn- Minerva Eliza Wheeler LKKS-DV2 birth: 7 August 1860, Bradford, PA res: 1940, Westfield Borough, Tioga, PA death: 25 February 1943, Westfield, Tioga, PA father: Simeon D. Wheeler K83P-9ZH mother: Julia Ann Shadduck M11V-YKD spouse: Homer C. Baker KC45-2LV NYCo Marriage Record 19261224 Elloyd W Foster & Parsons.jpg 20230907GHLn- Elloyd Wheeler Foster in the New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 Name Elloyd Wheeler Foster Gender Male Age 23 Birth abt 1903 Wheelerville, PA Marriage 24 Dec 1926 Chemung, New York his 1st his occ teacher Father Charles J Foster Mother Minerva Wheeler Spouse Margaret Alice Parsons Film…

  
  

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