JOHN CHARLES FOSTER, Obituary, Fergus Co., MT

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Lewistown paper -8-23-1974

John Charles Foster, retired rancher, dies

John Charles Foster, 84. retired Central Montana rancher, died early Friday morning at the Central Montana 
Hospital after a short illness.

He was born March 3, 1890, in Carroll County, Iowa, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Foster He was educated 
in Iowa   

He married Daisy Robison in Iowa in 1912 and they moved to Montana in 1918, settling on a ranch south of 
Hilger.  


His wife died in 1950.   In 1952 he married May DeVore in Lewistown. T hey retired in 1957 and moved to 
Lewistown.  She died in 1970. In June of 1971, he married Esther Shrewsbury in Idaho.

Foster was active m community affairs all his life He was an the first board of directors tar the REA in the 
Brooks Hilger area and was one of the organizers for this project. He also served for 17 years an the Brooks 
School Board

Foster was a member of the Brooks Community Club, the Eagles Lodge and the Hilger
Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include the widow of Lewistown; six sons, Charles Foster of Brooks, Eugene Foster of Belgrade, 
Howard Foster of Manhattan. Doyle Foster at Hoquiam, Wash, Ronald Foster of Great Falls and Donald 
Foster of Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.: one daughter, Mrs., Emil (Dorothy) Landa of Lewistown; two 
sisters, Mrs. Zora Bull and Mrs. Maude Wallow. both of Millerton, Iowa: 28 grandchildren: 18 great 
grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews

He was preceded in death by his parents.  two  sons,  one brother,  one sister and four grandchildren

Funeral services will be Monday at 11a.m at the Cloyd Funeral Chapel Rev. Arthur Heath of the First 
United Methodist Church will officiate Burial will be in the Lewistown City Cemetery

Friends who wish may make memorials to the charity of their choice.