Glendon Foster Obituary (1925

Pittston --- Glendon Moody Foster, 83, of Pittston passed away at MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta on Sunday October 5, 2008. He was born in Pittston on July 2, 1925, the son of William Sr. and Daisy Pearl Moody Foster.He attended Pittston School and Gardiner High School. Glendon was a veteran serving in the US Army as Staff Sergeant in World War II in Hawaii, Okinawa and South Korea. He also served in the US Marine Corp as a Staff Sergeant serving in North Carolina. Glendon was employed as a boilermaker for Graver Tank and Manufacturing of Delaware for 25 years where he received many safety awards before returning back to Maine from New Jersey. He also was a meat cutter and paint and paperhanger. He was a Shriner with the Kora Temple, a member of Hermon Lodge # 32, Royal Arch Lebanon # 18, Scottish Rite Body, Kennebec Valley Shrine Club, and Order of Eastern Star, Marion Chapter # 63 and enjoyed very much being a member of the Kora Karts.IN later years he enjoyed his crossword puzzles, solitaire, and building mega blocks vehiclesHe was predeceased by his mother and father of Pittston, his sister, Geraldine Gould and brother, Melvin Foster.Glendon was married for 61 years to his loving wife, Mildred Iola Lewis Foster; he is survived by his brother William Foster, Jr. of Pittston, sister in law, Caroline Foster of Damariscotta, brother in law and sister in laws Ronald and Priscilla Lewis of Chelsea, Richard Jr. and Linda Jamison of Randolph, Rebecca Lewis of Belfast and Alice Lewis of Gardiner, many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Visiting hours will be held Oct., 7th Tuesday 6-8pm at Staples Funeral Home 53 Brunswick Ave. Gardiner where a funeral service will be held Oct. 8th Wednesday at 11am. Burial with military honors will be in the new Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery Mt Vernon Rd Augusta.In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Shiners' Hospital , 516 Carew St., Springfield, MA. 01104