FOSTER, J. Lee - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Funeral services for J. Lee Foster, age 84, who resided on a farm in the Attica area, former Fountain County Soil Conservation supervisor and pioneer poultryman, who died Monday morning, Nov. 2, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 at the First Methodist Church in Attica. Mr. Foster, who had been injured in an automobile accident on US-41, south of Attica, Oct. 16, 1964, was the youngest son of George M. and Eliza Barbridge Foster. He was born Feb. 8, 1880 on the farm where he spent his entire life. He was married Oct. 19, 1910 to Lena Minnick of Veedersburg and she survives. He was a pioneer in the poultry industry and one of the first commercial poultrymen in the State of Indiana. He was a charter member of the Indiana Poultry Association. He served this organization as vice president. In 1929 he was chosen the Poultryman of the Year. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Attica, Purdue Ag Alumni, and a charter member of the Indiana Farm Bureau, having just received his 45th year membership. He had served as supervisor to the Fountain County Soil Conservation District from 1944 to 1954. Surviving, in addition to his wife; are: three children, Donald L. Foster of Indianapolis, Paul R. Foster of Attica and Mrs. F. A. Ford of Houston, Texas. The Rev. Luis Haskill officiated at the funeral services and burial, with the Roemer Funeral Chapel in charge, was in the family lot in Beulah Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were: Lawrence McKinney, Milford Knowles, Calvin Hampton, Reid Pitzer, Clark Dinwiddie and Fred Hushaw. Honorary pallbearers were: A. J. Hesler, C. Leslie Carter, Frank Y. Shelby, Roy J. Harrison, Nelson Galloway, Robert I. Todd, Frank Campbell, Harry Knowles, Lawrence Pitzer and Andrew Campbell.  --typed by Walt W