OBIT: Cloyd Franklin FOSTER, Sr., 1975, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

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  Cloyd Franklin Foster, Sr., 82, 1527 Washington Street, Huntingdon, 
died Friday, October 10, 1975. He was stricken at his home yesterday 
afternoon and was taken to J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital, where he was 
pronounced dead on arrival.
  A son of Andrew Jackson and Clara (Long) Foster, he was born August 
20, 1893 in Altoona. He was united in marriage to the former Mabel Mae 
Hall on September 30, 1919 by the Rev. L. M. Brady in the 15th Street 
United Methodist Church parsonage, Huntingdon. Mr. And Mrs. Foster had 
just celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary on Sept 30, 1975.
  Surviving are his wife and the following children: Mrs. Paul E. 
(Francis) Hickes, Alexandria; Mrs. Ruth N. Ellenberger, State College; 
Cloyd F Foster, Jr., St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mrs. Robert (Helen Kathleen) 
Saltsman, Delmont, 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. His 
only sister Bertha M. Kroh, preceded him in death in 1974.
  He was a faithful member of the 15th Street United Methodist Church 
in Huntingdon for 60 years.
  In that church, he had served as a steward, trustee, financial 
secretary and treasurer; as a member of the Men's Bible Class in 
addition to have been its president, vice president, secretary and 
treasurer.
  Mr. Foster was a veteran of World War I having served from April 2, 
1918 until June 13, 1919. He was a member of Juniata Valley Barracks 
No. 1433 of World War I veterans and Standing Stone Post No. 1754, VFW, 
Huntingdon. He was also an honorary member of the Women's Christian 
Temperance Union.
  He had first been employed as a printer for the J. B Kunz Company of 
Huntingdon but later worked for the C. H. Miller Hardware Company for 
41 years before retiring.
  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 14 at the 
15th Street United Methodist Church in Huntingdon. The Rev. Rayvon 
Hilliard will officiate and burial will be in Riverview Cemetery, 
Huntingdon.
  Friends will be received at the Peters funeral home, Huntingdon, 
after 7 p.m. Monday and on Tuesday from 9 until 11:30 a.m. Friends may 
also call at the church Tuesday from 1 p.m. until the hour of the 
services.
  The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, friends make 
contributions in Mr. Foster's name to the memorial fund of the 15th 
Street United Methodist Church.

The Centre Times (State College), Saturday, 11 Oct 1975

Contributor's Notes: My grandfather, Cloyd F. Foster Senior, died 
peacefully. He was sitting in his easy chair and he had a photo of my 
younger brother Bruce (who was in his high school football uniform) on 
his lap. My grandmother told me that he looked like he had just dosed 
off to sleep. I attended his funeral.
  When I was a child, my grandfather told me that he had worked as a 
typesetter, but he had to change jobs because his eyesight was getting 
worse and he couldn't do that anymore. In WWI he served in France 
because I saw some of the French postcards that he sent to his 
sweetheart Mabel Mae Hall. I would describe his personality as very 
easy-going and congenial.

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