Millie L. Foster
Feb. 27, 1901-April 3, 1995
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 5, 1995, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Millie L. Foster
1901-1995
founder of Fairland 4-H Club
Funeral services for Millie L. Foster, 94, of 3233 M-140 N., Niles, will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Niles, by the Rev. Dr. Ronald H. Wakeman, pastor.
Burial will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Mrs. Foster died at 12:55 p.m. Monday, at Regency Place in South Bend, Ind., following an illness.
She was born Feb. 27, 1901, in Niles, and was a lifetime resident here.
On Oct. 21, 1933, at Lansing, she married G. Ray Foster, who died Nov. 28, 1966.
Mrs. Foster was a former teacher for Hatfield School and Cherry Street School in Niles.
She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and its What-So-Ever Class; a 75 year member of the North Niles Home Extension Group; a member of Fernwood Botanic garden, and a member of Southwestern Michigan Genealogical Society. Mrs. Foster was founder of the Fairland 4-H Club.
Survivors include two daughters, Marilyn Cook of Gahanna, Ohio, and Margaret Smith of Niles; a son, George foster of Eden Prairie, Minn.; three granddaughters, Miss Cassia Foster of Texas, Miss Susan Cook of Ohio, and Miss Sherilyn Smith of Michigan; three grandsons, Tim Foster of Orange, Calif., and David Smith and Brian Smith, both of Niles, and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.