Frances L. Foster: Born in East Liverpool, Ohio on June 18, 1919, the youngest of eight, passed away on September 26, 2009, San Rafael, California. Frances L. Foster had a long and active life. As a child, her family moved to Burbank, CA in 1921 where she attended Burbank High School and married Jesse P. Foster the day after graduation. Frances moved to Marin County in 1943, with her growing family, where she settled until her death.
She is survived by her three children, Jesse P. Foster Jr., Pennie Barger, and Suzann Foster and 5 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. (Daughter Frankie Foster and Grandson Patrick M. Foster, deceased).
During the Second World War she worked as a pipe fitter in Marinship and was a member of the Local 38. When the war ended Frances worked for the Federal Housing Authority in Marin City. She left the Housing Authority to secure employment with a private refrigeration company in San Francisco where she met dear friend, Mario J. Pellegrini. A few years later, she became a partner with Mr. Pellegrini, owner of Pellegrini Refrigeration and Restaurant Supply Inc., located in Emeryville, CA.
Frances was an active Rotarian with the Berkeley Rotary Club until she retired from their refrigeration business in 2007. Additionally, she was the Senior Past Matron of Mill Valley Chapter 19 of the Eastern Star and a member of the San Rafael Second Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was also very active in the Giants Booster Club, traveling to many National League ballparks with Patrick M. Foster, her grandson. Frances also visited many AMA professional motorcycle race tracks around the country to watch her grandson, Peter Wensloff, compete in the races.
Sharing her sense of adventure with granddaughters, Jeanette Barger and Lynne F.Foster, she took them to see places such as Tahiti, Alaska, Fiji, and Mexico. As an integral part of our lives for as long as we can remember, our mom and grandma will be sorely missed. A special thanks to Heartland Hospice, Kaiser Hospital, and her caregivers at Aegis Living in San Rafael for her care and support.
Services will be held at Valley Memorial Park, 650 Bugeia Lane, Novato, CA 94945 at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 3rd. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation on behalf of Frances Foster to Heartland Hospice, LightHouse for the Blind, Salvation Army or your favorite charity.
Published in San Francisco Chronicle on September 30, 2009
Note: The obit does not give Frances maiden name or what year she graduated from Burbank High. My mom was born in 1919 and she graduated in 1937 so Frances graduated about 1937.
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