This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FOSTER, GEIGER, REID, BARRY, HOUSTON, HOOKER, SILVERHORN, BARRY, LEONARD, VANOSTRAN, VANDOREN, IRWIN, VANDYK Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/1677 Message Board Post: FOSTER, Robert Darrel (Bob) Age 83 Of Delton Passed away Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005 at home. He was born Nov. 1, 1921 in Nashville, MI, the son of Heber and Pearl (Geiger) Foster, he attended school in Nashville through his sophomore year and graduated from Hastings High School in 1939. Robert married the former Helen Reid on Jan. 26, 1946 in Hastings and she survives. He was a lifelong farmer in the Nashville and Hastings areas and raised beef cattle. He and his wife moved to Wall Lake in Delton in 1987. He was a member of Farm Bureau and had served as a board member. He also served as a Justice of the Peace for Baltimore Township. Bob was an avid bowler and bowled on bowling leagues in Hastings, Richland and Kalamazoo. He also enjoyed board and card games, horseshoes, swimming and waterskiing. Robert is survived by his wife, Helen of 59 years, 2 children: son, Robert W. (Margaret) Foster of Hastings and daughter, Linda (Ron) Barry of Battle Creek; 5 grandchildren, Jason & James Houston, April (Rick) Hooker, Amber (Jas! on) Silverthorn and Amanda Foster, 5 step grandchildren, John, Daniel & Stephen Barry, Michael Leonard and Christine (Eric) VanOstran; 7 great grandchildren and 4 step great-grandchildren; sisters, Agnes VanDoren of Coldwater, Betty Irwin of Hastings. He was preceded in death by his sister, Dora VanDyk and by a son Darrel D. Foster. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held on October 8 at 11:00 am at the Cedar Creek Bible Church with Pastor Robert Norton officiating. Inurnment of cremains will take place in Dowling cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made Foundation of Destiny (FOD), or Victory Life Church, Battle Creek, this foundation is a children's outreach through Life Church, or Charity of your choice. Arrangements are by: WILLIAMS-GORES FUNERAL HOME Delton Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette from 10/1/2005 - 10/2/2005. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)