FOUST, Ephraim (1862-1946)

FOUST

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 6/24/2020 at 21:42:04

Ephraim Foust
(July 7, 1862 – August 15, 1946)

Eph Foust, Old Resident, Dead
Eph Foust, 84, Warren County resident all of his life, died at his home Thursday night. Services were held Saturday, Aug. 17, at 2:30 at North River church, ten miles northwest of Indianola. Interment was in the North River Cemetery. Surviving are his wife and five children: Pearl Foust of Des Moines; Mrs. Mildred Gillis, Liberty Centery; E. N. Foust and Mrs. Lena Stone, New Virginia, and Mrs. Harold Devine, Indianola.

Funeral services for Eph Foust were held at 2:30 p.m. at the North River Methodist church with the Rev. Eugene Alexander in charge. Mrs. Zela Caviiness sang “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Sunrise.” Mrs. Deyo Mills played the accompaniment. Pall bearers were Charles Devine, George Morrison, Ernest Tiltor, Cecil Heaivilin, Edd Ross and Harold Bales. Interment was in the family lot in North River Cemetery. The life sketch was read at the service was as follows:
Ephraim Foust, son of E. M. and Margaret Foust, was born in Warren County near North River July 7, 1862 and died Aug. 15, 1946, at his home in Indianola at the age of 84 years, 1 month and 8 days. He was united in marriage to Addie Bishop Feb. 21, 1884. To this union five children were born: Pearl Foust of Des Moines, Mildred Gillis and Ester Foust of Liberty Center, Lena Stone of Medora, and Olive Devine of near Spring Hill. He is also survived by 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was a member of a family of 13 children, six of whom survive. They are Mrs. Addie Kennedy and Mrs. Amanda McGuire of Des Moines, Mrs. Della Bishop and Mrs. Dottie Pegram of North River community. Frank Foust of Spring Hill and Mrs. Sadie Chiles of Bell, Calif. He also leaves many nieces and nephews and a host of friends. He spent his entire life in Warren County, 46 years of which was spent on the same farm with his wife, Addie. Together they cleared the heavy timber and broke the prairie sod. Together they worked through prosperous years, through poor years, through years of wealth and through years of depression. He loved all things. Perhaps greatest of all, was his love for the great outdoors, which was so much a part of his love for sports and sportsmanship, and his love for people. Nor the least of these is the last. He always had many events on his farm to draw people such as watermelon feasts. Also, they burned bricks up on a hill near their home, with huge fires roaring after night. He was a good story teller and his greatest delight was to tell of his early days on the farm and of his hunting and fishing experiences. [Copied from a scrapbook at the Warren County Historical Society Library, Indianola, Iowa]