Foster, Maggie L. (Stepp) 1920-2004

FOSTER, STEPP, DELK

Posted By: Barbara Hug
Date: 3/18/2005 at 11:27:24

Newton (IA) Daily News, Tuesday, September 21, 2004

KELLOGG -- Maggie Lee Foster, 84, of Kellogg, died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, at her home.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the Rev. Mike Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Our Silent City Cemetery in Kellogg.

Visitation hours will be held from noon until 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Smith Funeral Home, where the family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Kellogg Historical Society or to Grinnell Regional Hospice.

The daughter of Aught and Mollie (Delk) Stepp, she was born March 14, 1920, in Monticello, Ky. She was raised and educated in Monticello, Ky., and rural schools in Jasper County. On July 3, 1950, she married LeRoy W. Foster in Montezuma. She enjoyed fishing, from the mountains of Wyoming to a small farm pond in Iowa. She enjoyed traveling, while her health allowed her to do so. Her most memorable trips were two trips to Hawaii and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. She enjoyed attending estate sales and auctions, looking for various antiques and treasures. She also enjoyed her flower garden and yard.

Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Faye Cortright Hutchinson and her husband Larry of Gilbert, Ariz., Sue Cortright Streeter of Ames; Cynthia Foster Brown and her husband Michael of Rock Springs, Wyo., and Mollie Foster Sumner and her husband Charles of Kellogg; her brother, Gordon Stepp of Grinnell; her sister, Flonnie Stepp Matherly of Grinnell; and her several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband LeRoy; her daughter Judith Cortright Doane; her brother, Menvil Stepp; her sisters, Della Stepp, Pearl Stepp Clifton; and an infant sister.