This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Foster-Miller Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1655 Message Board Post: Pike County Republician Mary Almira Foster Jan.22,1928 Mary Almira, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Miller, was born at Pearl, Il. Feb. 17, 1858, and departed this life at 5:40 p.m. Sunday Jan. 22, 1928, at her home in New Canton, Il., at the age of 69 years, 11 months and five days. At the age of 15 years she united with the Christian Church at Independence. He father was clergyman in the same denomination and served several pastorates in Illinois. She was married to Henry Foster at Independence, June 9, 1878. To this union were born five children, two of whom survive her, William H. Foster of New Canton and Jesse E. Foster of Hannibal Mo. Also surviving are three grandchildren, Mrs. Iva Masters and Charles William Foster of New Canton, and little Mary Anna Foster of Hannibal; two sisters, Mrs. Nan Brummell of Martinsburg and Mrs. Elizabeth Wagoner of Ponca City, Okla.; one brother George Miller of Isabel, Kan. She has been in poor health since an accident about four years ago and in the last year has failed rapidly. All through her illness she has been a patient and cheerful sufferer always enjoying the visits of her friends and family. She was a devoted mother and grandmother, taking great comfort in her three grand-children. She will be sasly missed by her loved ones, her neighbors and friends.