George Eldon FOSTER

FOSTER, TRUMBELL, GIVENS, WISEMAN, MILLIRON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/5/2008 at 09:23:30

George Eldon Foster, 66, of Newport, Virginia died Saturday July 9, 1994 in a Pearisburg hospital following a short illness. Born in Kanawha, Iowa on Nov. 18, 1927, he was a son of the late Floyd W. and Iris Trumbell Foster. George was a retired Chief Hospital Corpsman with the U. S. Navy being a veteran of WW II, Korean War and Vietnam. He was also retired from Roanoke Memorial Hospitals as a radiology engineer. He attended the Newport-Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church and was active in the Newport Masonic Lodge AF & AM and Masonic and Shrine Lodges of Florida. Surviving are his wife Nancy Givens Foster; a son, Raymond Paul Foster, Lilburn, Ga.; two step-children, David Wiseman and his wife Carley, Boones Mill, Sharon Milliron and her husband Robert, Roanoke; a brother, Lloyd Foster and his wife Janice, Eagle Grove, Iowa; four nephews; three step-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday July 13, 1994, at 10 a.m. in the Kendall Funeral Home Chapel, Pembroke with the Rev. Alan Thorne officiating. Burial will be in the Ross Cemetery, Craig County. Graveside Masonic rites will be performed by the Newport Masonic Lodge. The family will receive friends at the Kendall Funeral Home, Pembroke, Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to the Newport Rescue Squad.

The Roanoke Times (Virginia)
July 11, 1994