Mary L. Foster

Mary L. Foster, age 95, of the Claremont Retirement Village, Columbus, passed away. Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011.

Born October 4, 1916, in Gilmore, she was a daughter of the late William and Edna Berkshire Helter. Mary graduated from Uhrichsville High School and attended Ohio University. Her late husband, Taylor, was an educational instructor with the Lebanon Veterans Medical Center, Lebanon, PA. Mary was also an educator having taught for many years in Pennsylvania and Ohio schools.

Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Marge Karhoff Foster; her grandchildren, David V. (Donna) Foster, and Erin E. Foster; great-granddaughters, Ella, Julia, Sarah and Jayden Foster; a niece, Denise Phillips; and a nephew, James Helter.

In addition to her parents, and her husband, Taylor, Mary was preceded in death by her son, Jay V. Foster; a brother, Russell Helter; a sister, Nova R. Helter; and by a niece, Diane E. Arnold.

A funeral service will be held Monday, Nov. 14, at 1:30 p.m. in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory, 803 N. Wooster Ave., Dover, with Rev. Lynda K. Masters officiating. Burial will be in Ridgecrest Memory Gardens, Dover. Following the committal there will be a luncheon in the Toland-Herzig Monarch Center on the Boulevard in Dover. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Monday, 12:30 1:30 p.m. To sign an online guestbook and share a fond memory of Mary, please visit the Obituaries and Flowers link on the funeral home's website.

The family suggests contributions in memory of Mary be made to a hospice organization of the donor's choice.

Toland-Herzig, Dover
330-343-6132
www.tolandherzig.com