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Marjorie Louise Foster

February 28, 1924 - January 28, 2012


Marjorie L. Foster, 87, of Fort Wayne, IN, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at Renaissance Village Nursing Home, Fort Wayne. She was born February 28, 1924, to the late John Walter and Elizabeth Louise (Hart) Bretzinger in Monticello, IN. She graduated from Buffalo High School in 1942. She was employed at the Rider Furniture Factory and Rexall Drug Store in Monticello until her marriage on October 4, 1942 to Junior Foster of Wolcott, IN. During W W II she worked at Bryan Mfg. Co. moving to Wolcott after the war when her husband returned from service. In Wolcott she was employed at Smith, Copper & Mason TV cabinet factory until it burnt. She then worked for Thayer Paper Products/Thayer Industries/Thayer Inc./Indiana Ribbon Inc. for 45 years until her retirement in 1997. She was a very dedicated worker and enjoyed her job and challenges and had a remarkable memory. She loved bookkeeping, working with numbers and people. After retirement she and her husband moved to Fort Wayne in 2002 because of health problems and to be near their daughter. She was active in church work at Buffalo and in Wolcott taught Sunday School, was in the choir and was church treasurer for 20 years until she moved to Fort Wayne. In 2005 she became a member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. She loved counted cross-stitching and playing the organ until the loss of her eyesight. She loved and enjoyed being with her family especially watching her great grandchildren. She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary #280, Remington, IN; 12th Armored Division Hellcats (Kittens) Association and Seton Society. Surviving are her daughter, Susan (Ronald) Glotzbach of Fort Wayne, IN; daughter-in-law Ramona Foster of Walton, IN; grandson Rick Foster of Walton, IN; granddaughter Angela (Darrin) Dick of Avon, IN; and Matthew (Krista) Glotzbach of Zurich, Switzerland; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Junior Foster; son, Homer Duane "Butch" Foster; grandson, Daniel Foster; sisters, Mary Julia More and Leeta Maude Morgan; and brothers, Oascar Bretzinger, George Lamar Bretzinger and John E. Bretzinger. Funeral Mass is 11am Friday, February 3, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church with visitation 1 hour prior to Mass. Visitation also from 10am to 1pm Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Foster-Clapper Funeral Home in Wolcott, IN, with interment in I.O.O.F. Riverview Cemetery, Monticello, IN. Memorials may be made to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 10700 Aboite Center Rd., Fort Wayne, IN 46804, or Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home, 5910 Homestead Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46814.


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Schedule of Services

Calling

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church

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  • 10700 Aboite Center Rd.
    Fort Wayne, IN 46804

Funeral Mass

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church

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  • 10700 Aboite Center Rd.
    Fort Wayne, IN 46804
  • Deacon Jim Kitchum officiating.

Visitation

Foster-Clapper Funeral Home

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  • 202 West School Street
    Wolcott, IN 47995
  • Interment to follow at IOOF Riverview Cemetery in Monticello.

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