Merle (Dawkins) Foster (1902-1977)

DAWKINS, FOSTER, KEARNS, SHUBIN, HYZER, GRIFFIN

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:13

From Nevada Evening Journal June 4, 1977 (page 1)

SERVICE TENTATIVELY SET

NEVADA - Funeral Services are tentatively set for Monday here for Merle Dawkins Foster, a former Nevada resident who passed away Friday morning in California.

Ryan Funeral Home of Nevada will be in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Dawkins was a resident of Nevada for over 30 years and was a member of the Arlington, California, Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

She was born January 6, 1902 in Brookston, Indiana, to William and Anna Dawkins She was married to Albert L. Foster on March 20, 1957. She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother.

Survivors include: two daughters - Benita Kearns of Riverside, California, and Ruth Shubin of Fontana, California; six grandchildren, four step-great grand children; and two sisters - twin Pearl Hyzer of Tennessee and Ester Griffin of Los Angeles, California.