Lydia Stafford (Anderson) Foster (1927)

FOSTER, ANDERSON, SCOTT, CLIFTON, MINARD, HAGAN, BORRALL

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 1/8/2008 at 16:08:18

Winterset Madisonian-Winterset, Iowa
August 11, 1927; p. 4

Death of Mrs. G. A. Foster

Mrs. G. A. Foster, who has lived in the Truro neighborhood, for many years, died Monday, August 8th at her home. Mrs. Foster had been ill last winter, and in the hospital in Des Moines for some time but it was thought that she was improved. She has been the correspondent for The Madisonian office for a number of years sending in the items of "North East Ohio Township" and her friends here did not know of her critical illness.

As a girl she was Lydia S. Anderson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Anderson, and she was born August 21st 1862 near Truro. She was united in marriage to Porterfield Scott, who passed away in 1908. She remained a widow 8 years and was married to G. A. Foster, August 10th, 1916. Besides her husband she leaves four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Clifton of Peru, Mrs. Lucy S. Minard, Mrs. Mary S. Hagen and Mattie Anderson of Truro and a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives.

In her early life, she learned typesetting in the Iowa Homestead office and followed that occupation for several years, working in newspaper offices over the state.

Mrs. Foster raised no children of her own, but Alton E. Borrall of Indianola, came to her home when he was nine years of age and made his home with her until he was married.

Funeral services were held from the home on Tuesday afternoon, August 9th, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Young of the M. E. church of Truro, and her body was laid to rest by the side of her former husband, Porterfield Scott in the Hartman cemetery near Truro