John Joseph Foster died January 16, 2015 after a short illness. He was with his family during his illness and at his death.
John was born in Marion, Indiana, February 24, 1933. John attended schools in Marion and Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.
He worked for Foster-Forbes Glass Company at the glass factory in Marion, as plant manager of their glass factory in Burlington, Wisconsin, and as regional sales manager in their office, Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts.
After retiring from the family business, founded in 1846 in Stoddard, New Hampshire by John’s great-great-grandfather Joseph Foster, John and his wife Sue moved to East Topsham, where they raised Scotch Highland cattle for almost 20 years at Twinflower Farm.
John served in the Army during the Korean conflict and was in the military police while stationed on Okinawa.
John was a member of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Fairlee, Vermont. He served on the boards of Brookhaven School for Boys in Chelsea, Vermont and Northeast Highland Cattle Association. He was a longtime member of the Duxbury Cruising Club.
He was predeceased by his parents John Morrill Foster and Eleanora Lutz Foster.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years Sue Miller Foster; a brother and sister-in-law Robert Lutz Foster and Faye Gorman Foster, Austin, Nevada and Sea Island, Georgia; four children, John Miller Foster and wife Virginia Hansen Foster; Jane Foster, Hopkinton, Massachusetts; David Robert Foster, Providence, Rhode Island; Christopher James Foster, Parsonsfield, Maine; and three grandchildren, David Edward Mahoney and wife Mikaela Bitner Mahoney, Richmond, Texas; Abigail Marie Foster and Jeffrey Hansen Foster, Hopkinton, Maine.
A celebration of his life was held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Lake Morey East Road, Fairlee, Vermont.
There will be another celebration of John’s life at the farm this summer. Details for this gathering will follow later in the year.
The Hale Funeral Home and Cremation Care of Bradford, Vermont are in charge of arrangements. To view an online guestbook go to www.halefuneralhomes.com
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