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Obituary- Foster, M. Ellen 2

M. Ellen Foster
M. Ellen Foster, 83, Rossville, died Thursday, April 4, 1996, at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka.
She was born September 18, 1912, in Topeka, the daughter of Charles Henry and Catherine Ellen Biringham Dale. She had lived in the Rossville community since 1959.
She grew up in Topeka, and was graduated from Topeka Catholic High School. She and her husband farmed south of Topeka and moved to Rossville in 1959. She had worked for Luce Clipping in Topeka, and later for the drug store and then the liquor store, both in Rossville. She was a member of St Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville and the Altar Society at the church.
She was a past member of the Rossville and Sunnyside HDU. She was a member of the Rossville Literary and Music Circle, and was a past president. She was a member of the Rossville Senior Citizens and had served as a board member.
On August 8, 1934, she was married to Joseph Freeman Foster at the Assumption Catholic Church in Topeka. He died November 23, 1978.
Surviving her are a daughter, Teresa Foster, Overbrook; four sons, Robert Foster, Topeka, David Foster, Rossville, Charles Foster and Fred Foster, both of Delia; a brother, John Dale, Topeka; two sisters, Catherine Sommers and Charlotte Noland, both of Topeka, 11 grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; five great-grandsons; and one stepgreat-grandchiid.
A rosary was recited at 7:00 Sunday evening at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial was at 10:00 Monday morning at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Rossville; interment was in the Rossville Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Stanislaus Catholic Church Building Fund, or to the Rossville Community Library and sent in care of the Funeral Home.

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