BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Robert Foster

Waveland Independent
Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana
Jan 2, 1920

Dr. Robert Foster of Russellville who was taken to Culver Hosp. Dec 20 to be operated on for appendicitis, died in that institution Monday morning. The case was considered hopeless from the start. Funeral services were held on Wednesday morning at the Russellville Christian Church. Dr.Foster was the son of Mr. & Mrs. JT Foster of this place and was b. April 3, 1871. He taught school for a number of years, and then, after grad. from the Ky. School of Medicine at Louisville, took up the practice of medicine at Russellville. He was a successful physician and a good citizen. He was a member of the IOOF [Independent Order of Odd Fellows] & Masonic lodges and Christian Church. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude Patton Foster, and one son, Ruel. There are his father, two brothers; John of Crawfordsville and Charles of Lincoln, Ill; two half brothers, Lee Foster and Jeff Davis, and one half sister, Mima Foster.

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