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In Memory of
Frederick James "Fred"
Foster
Foster
1936 - 2015
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Obituary for Frederick James "Fred" Foster
Frederick James Foster was born July 27, 1936, in Empress, Alberta. He died September 29, 2015, in Medicine Hat, Alberta at the age of 79 years.
Fred grew up in Empress as well as Estuary, Saskatchewan. He began his education at a rural school, Chesterfield, five miles from the family farm. After completing high school, he took a six-week Emergency Training course and began teaching in 1956. Over the next years, he completed a Bachelor of Education at the University of Alberta. He also received a Senior Certificate in Industrial Arts, which became the focus of a 19-year career in teaching. He then built and managed the Olympic Motel in Oyen. After moving to Medicine Hat, he renovated a number of apartments, built his own house, and renovated and managed the Forksview Motel in Empress.
Fred is predeceased by his wife Hannelore; parents, Norman and Alice Dodd Foster; and his brother, Gordon. He will be fondly remembered by daughter, Brenda Cromer (Ray); granddaughters, Madeline and Gabrielle; brothers, Joseph Foster (Kay) and Arthur Foster (Elizabeth), nephews, Robert and Doug; cousins, Bernice Harding and Vernon Dodd; stepdaughter, Marina Phillips and children, Joshua and Lily; and stepson, Franco Isernia (Shelly) and children Zanetti and Mriseis.
Fred grew up in Empress as well as Estuary, Saskatchewan. He began his education at a rural school, Chesterfield, five miles from the family farm. After completing high school, he took a six-week Emergency Training course and began teaching in 1956. Over the next years, he completed a Bachelor of Education at the University of Alberta. He also received a Senior Certificate in Industrial Arts, which became the focus of a 19-year career in teaching. He then built and managed the Olympic Motel in Oyen. After moving to Medicine Hat, he renovated a number of apartments, built his own house, and renovated and managed the Forksview Motel in Empress.
Fred is predeceased by his wife Hannelore; parents, Norman and Alice Dodd Foster; and his brother, Gordon. He will be fondly remembered by daughter, Brenda Cromer (Ray); granddaughters, Madeline and Gabrielle; brothers, Joseph Foster (Kay) and Arthur Foster (Elizabeth), nephews, Robert and Doug; cousins, Bernice Harding and Vernon Dodd; stepdaughter, Marina Phillips and children, Joshua and Lily; and stepson, Franco Isernia (Shelly) and children Zanetti and Mriseis.
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