Stella Foster

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Stella Marie Foster, 87, of Perryville died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Ste. Genevieve Care Center.

She was born July 15, 1917, in Menfro, Mo., daughter of Will and Margaret Streiler Walker. She and Dennis B. Foster were married Aug. 20, 1935. He died May 19, 1987.

Foster was a member of Belgique Sodality and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Belgique.

Survivors include two sons, Stephen Foster of Perryville, Sidney Foster of Ste. Genevieve, Mo.; three daughters, Gladys Thomure and Regina Armbruster of St. Mary, Mo., Shirley Sadler of Palmer, Texas; a brother, James Walker of St. Louis; 35 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother and three sisters.

Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 4 to 9 p.m. today, and Saturday from 6:30 a.m. until time of service.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Alphonse Hoernig officiating. Burial will be in St. James Catholic Cemetery at Crosstown, Mo.