Obit of Foster, John W. (f236) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 29 Apr 2002 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Foster, Turley, Decker, Powell, Lefler, Duncan Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/2929 John W. Foster, son of John B. and Sarah E. Foster, waas born in Missouri October 8, 1887. He passed from life on December 7, 1953 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Rev. Howard Roberts of Mountainview, Oklahoma preached the funeral sermon on Thursday, December 10, 1953 in the Methodist church of Cheyenne. Burial was in the Cheyenne cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of the Scroggins Funeral Home. John W. Foster came to Roger Mills County with his parents in 1902 and resided for many years in the Durham community. He was a veteran of World War I and served as a Merchant Marine during World War II. In 1947 he was married to Mrs. Virginia Turley of Cheyenne, Oklahoma and has made his home in this city since. His wife and two step sons, Windle Turley and Gary Turley survive. Other survivors are his two sons, Paul W. Foster of Pueblo, Colorado and F. Jean Foster of Tupelo, Mississippi; a daughter, Mrs. Leonard Decker of Albuquerque, New Mexico; five grandchildren; a brother, George Foster of Cheyenne; three sisters, Mrs. W.B. Powell of Durham, Mrs. Mollie Lefler of Downing, Missouri, and Mrs. Minnie Duncan of California; and a host of nephews and nieces Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html