Notes for JOHN WOODFIN FOSTER: JOHN WOODFIN FOSTER WAS BORN AT RHEA, NEAR LEEDEY, OKLAHOMA, ON DECEMBER 30, 1911, RECEIVING HIS EARLY EDUCATION IN DENISON, IOWA. DURING WW 2, HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY , AS A POSTAL CLERK WITH DUTY IN BURMA, AND THE AFRICAN THEATRES OF OPERATIONS. ON JANUARY 25, 1942, HE MARRIED HELEN LORETTA " RITA" PARSONS, NEE LOREATTA COLLINSWORTH AT PERRYTON, TEXAS. THEY MOVED FROM LIBERAL, KANSAS, TO SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA IN 1960, AND IN 1961, THEY MOVED TO SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA WHERE HE WORKED FOR UNI-GAS IN SANTA BARBARA, PARADISE AND SANTA YNEZ VALLEY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. JOHN DIED SUDDENLY FROM A HEART ATTACK SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 10, 1973 AT AGE 61. FUNERAL SERVICES WHERE FEBRUARY 14,1973 AT 3 P.M. IN WELCH-RYCE ASSOCIATED CHAPEL. THE REV. EDWIN V. DAVIS OFFICIATED. INTERMENT WAS IN THE SANTA BARBARA CEMETERY, SANTA BARBARA, CA. (INFO FROM THE FRISCO ENTERPRISE OBITUARIES DATED THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1973)
More About JOHN WOODFIN FOSTER: Fact 1: February 14, 1973, JON WAS LAID TO REST IN THE SANTA BARBARA CEMETERY.
More About JOHN WOODFIN FOSTER and LOREATTA COLINGSWORTH-PARSONS: Death of one spouse: February 10, 1973, SANTA BARBARA, CA.. Marriage: January 25, 1942, PERRYTON, TEXAS.
Children of JOHN WOODFIN FOSTER and LOREATTA COLINGSWORTH-PARSONS are: