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FILE NAME Allied Signal Bendix ASB DATE 1999 Mar 7 DOC ASB064 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Obituary - Lt. Col. Robert T. Foster Loading htp:/obits.abqjournal.com/obits/print_abit/ htp:/obits.abqjournal.com/obits/print_abit/ http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/print_abit/ ons am, Obituary for Foster 5/4/09 1:49 PM Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday March 07 1999 Lt. Col. Robert T. Foster age 84 longtime resident of Albuquerque passed away Saturday February 20 1999 in Kansas City Missouri Funeral services were held February 24 at the Christ Episcopal Church in Warrensburg Missouri Lt. Col. Foster had resided in his hometown of Warrensburg for the last several years It was his wish that he be buried with his beloved wife Dorothea at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe NM Burial services will be held on Monday March 8 at the Santa Fe National Cemetery at 1:30 in the afternoon Our Dad was born August 22 1914 in Warrensburg MO his parents Earl Robert and Jean Turnbull Foster He married Dorothea LeCain from Cambridge Massachusetts in Albuquerque on July of 1947. She preceded him in death on March 7 1991 and being a veteran of North Africa and Italy in World War II she was buried at the Santa Fe National Cemetery He was a 1931 Warrensburg High School graduate and a 1935 Central Missouri State Teachers College graduate He received his Master of Science degree in Microbiology and a Master of Arts degree in French from Michigan University at Ann Arbor MI Our Dad had a rich and varied career he was stationed at Bruns Hospital and Los Alamos National Labs during World War II where he met our mother Dorothea He worked on the Manhattan Project and later for the Atomic Energy Commission and Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque In the 1960's and 70's he worked for Bendix Corp. in Kansas City MO After moving back to New Mexico in 1974 he worked as a Safety Engineer for OSHA in Santa Fe and then for the Albuquerque Public Schools Our Dad was a member of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish of Albuquerque the Elks Lodge 673 and the Christ Episcopal Church of Warrensburg MO He is survived his two daughters Patricia Marie and husband James Daniels of Kalamazoo MI and Susan Dorothea and husband Kenneth Britt of Carlsbad NM and also his two sons Robert Turnbull II and wife Martha Fosteorf Golden CO and John Frederick and wife Jeannie Foster of Los Alamos NM He left behind nine beautiful grandchildren James Michael and Luke Daniels Laura and Kyla Foster Randy Jennifer and Joey Foster and Andrea Britt He will be missed each and every day by all of his children and grandchildren Dad was a wonderful person who knew how to enjoy life He was an extremely generous man with a wonderful sense of humor He was active and happy and vital to his last day of life He was an artist from his high school days until the day he died He loved New Mexico especially the light and the skies and because of his talent we are left with some beautiful images If you knew our father then think of him when you see a beautiful sunset or high white clouds in a blue sky or the Sandia's turn pink at dusk In lieu of flowers the family requests your thoughts and prayers for our father Any donations might be made to an appropriate Veterans organization or especially to some artistic endeavor htp:/obits.abqjournal.com/obits/print_obit/129456 http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/print_obit/129456 http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/print_obit/129456 http://obits.abqjournal.com/obits/print_obit/129456 Page 1 of 1