Bertha Haverly Foster

FOSTER, HAVERLY

Posted By: Sally J Haverly (email)
Date: 11/16/2006 at 04:13:19

Ames newspaper, Obituary November 6, 1971
Mrs Bertha Foster died Saturday. Bertha Foster, 93, Rockford, Ill., died Saturday at the Swedish American Hospital in Rockford. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. from the Stevens Memorial Chapel with the Rev. William F. Overhulser of the First United Methodist officiating. Burial will be in the Ames Municipal Cemetery. Mrs Foster was born Jan 7, 1878 in Koszta and on May 17, 1899 married Arthur C. Foster, in Ames. She had lived at 226 1/2 Main St until she moved to Rockford, three years ago to be with her daughter. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs Gail F. Clymore, Rockford, Ill,; a sister, Agatha L. Nelson, Ames; two grandchildren and one great grandson. The body will lie in state this evening at the Stevens Memorial Chapel.