Oscar W. Foster (1908)
FOSTER, WARD
Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 1/29/2008 at 17:49:27
Winterset Madisonian-Winterset, Iowa
July 2, 1908Death of Oscar Foster
Oscar Foster, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Foster in Winterset at 7 o'clock Tuesday evening. He had been suffering for several years with tuberculosis and his death was not unexpected. He was raised on the Foster farm in Monroe township, but has lived with his mother in Winterset for several years. He was 37 years old and a most estimable young man.
The funeral service was held at the resident at 12:30 today and the interment was made at East Peru cemetery. We will have his obituary in next week's issue.
-----------------Winterset Reporter – July 2, 1908
Pg 1Death of Oscar Foster
Oscar Foster died at the home of his mother in this city Tuesday evening after a long illness from tuberculosis. Mr. Foster was an unmarried man thirty-six years of age. He was a native of Madison county and a man greatly respected by all who knew him. To be cut off in the prime of life is one of the sad and unaccountable things with which we are confronted almost daily, and the aged mother has the heartfelt sympathy of the community in her bereavement. The remains were taken to Peru Thursday for interment.
------------------------------Winterset Reporter – July 9, 1908
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After about three years of terrible suffering from consumption, Oscar William Foster died June 30th, 1908, at his home in Winterset. Deceased, the son of George and Sarah Foster, was born Dec. 11th, 1870, in Madison county. He leaves a mother, brother and a host of friends to mourn his loss. During his long illness there was nothing that a mother could do that was left undone.
The funeral services were held at the home in the northwest part of the city conducted by Rev. E. E. Bennett, and interment was made at the Peru cemetery.
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