Rev. William (Bill) S. Foster Jr., was ordained June 26, 1966 by the Presbytery of Kansas City, and was the former Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Wyoming and Pastor of the Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church (USA) in Worland, Wyoming. Rev Foster pastored before that many congregations in the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy, as well as served on committees and commissions of the General Assembly, in every Presbytery he was a minister member. Since returning to O’Fallon, Ill., to be closer to his family, Rev Foster has been a pastoral colleague, friend and companion to the New Creation Presbyterian community and his fellow teaching elders and ministers of the Presbytery’s Eastside Pastors Group.
He was proceeded in death by his parents, William & Edna, nee Scott, Foster Sr.
Surviving are his loving wife of 28 years, Susan, nee Mannle, Foster; his children, Beth (John) Thorpe, Amy Foster, Robert (Tammi) Light, Beth Sierra and Stacey Light; three grandchildren, Adam (Nichole) Reid, Madison Sierra and Zachary Sierra; and one great-grandchild, Giavanna Reid; a brother, Albert (Carolyn) Foster, Aunts, Doris Turley and Cecila DeMott; a cousin Howard (Beatrice) DeMott, a niece, Mindy (Kraig) Hutchens, a nephew Andrew Foster and a great-nephew, Gage Hutchens. A sister-in-law, Sharon (Alan) Smith and a brother-in-law, Harold ()Dovie) Mannle, niece, Amy (Ricky) Kusmer and a nephew, Matthew (Lisa) Smith, a niece, Jennifer (Mark) Mannle and two nephews, David Mannle and Christopher (Jami) Mannle.
Memorials may be made to New Creation Presbyterian Church
Condolences may be offered at www.valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com
Visitation: Friends may call from 4:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at
Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home and from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. at New Creation Presbyterian Congregation at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, O’Fallon, Ill.
A Witness to the Resurrection (Funeral) will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at New Creation Presbyterian Congregation at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 111 O’Fallon Troy Road, O’Fallon, Ill., 62269 with Rev. Dr. Christian Boyd officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, Illinois
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