OBIT: Helen Kathleen (FOSTER) SALTSMAN, 2008, native of Huntingdon County, PA

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Helen Kathleen (Foster) Saltsman
Delmont
 
  Helen Kathleen Foster Saltsman, 79, of Delmont, died Thursday, Sept. 
11, 2008, in Golden Living, Murrysville. She was born Jan. 27, 1929, in 
Huntingdon, Pa., a daughter of the late Cloyd Franklin Foster Sr. and 
Mabel Mae Hall. 
  She graduated from Huntingdon High School in 1946 and Juniata College 
in 1950, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary 
education. While at Juniata College, she was one of two senior 
attendants to the May Queen Court. After graduation, she taught second 
grade in Huntingdon for a brief time. 
  She was united in marriage to Robert Duane Saltsman [of Johnstown, 
NY] on June 9, 1951, in Huntingdon. Their first residence was in 
Southwestern Pennsylvania. From 1953 to 1956, they lived in Dehue, 
W.Va.; 1957 to 1961 in Worthington, Ohio; and 1962 to 1976 in Delmont, 
where she taught kindergarten for many years. After 1976, she worked in 
child care centers in Jeannette. 
  She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Duane Saltsman Sr., 
in 1983; and a brother, Cloyd Foster Jr., in 1999. Kathy is survived by 
four sons, Robert Duane Jr., of Pottstown, Alan, of Apollo, Gary, of 
Ligonier, and Bruce, of New Kensington; nine grandchildren; five great-
grandchildren; and two sisters, Frances Hickes, of Alexandria, Pa., and 
Ruth (Ellenberger) Mansel, of State College. 
  No visitation. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday at 
the HART FUNERAL HOME INC., Murrysville, with Pastor Joann Swihart 
officiating.

Obituary written by her son Alan Saltsman.