Posted on: Stanislaus County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/StanislausObits/10975 Surname: FOSTER, BRADFORD, CARPENTER ------------------------- Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1987 pB3 WILLARD ARTHUR FOSTER, 73, of Ceres, died Monday in Modesto. SERVICES: Funeral 1 p.m. Thursday at Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel. Burial at Lakewood Memorial Park. BACKGROUND: Native of Checotah, Okla. Moved to California in 1937 and to Ceres in 1946. Building and plumbing contractor in Ceres from 1947 to 1961. Administrator Edson Convalescent Hospital, Modesto. Retired 1973. Member since 1953 of Smyra Lodge 532, F & AM, of Ceres. SURVIVORS: Wife, Hildred Foster of Ceres. Two children, Wilma Foster Bradford of Salinas and Betty Foster Carpenter of Ceres. Two brothers. Five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank