Alma L. Foster age 82 of Greenville died Saturday April 14, 2012 after a devoted and loving caregiving by her grandson Ryan and his wife Karen Foster at their home in Greenville. Alma was born August 15, 1929, in Wyman, Mi, the daughter of Louis Arthur and Luella Kathryn (Sullenbarger) Hansen.
She graduated with honors from Greenville High School in 1947. She retired from White Consolidated Industries as a Financial Administrator in 1990.
Alma married the love of her life in 1948, Munson J. Lefty Foster, whose untimely death of ALS preceded her in 1984. She also was preceded in death by her parents, her brother and sister-in-law, Louis J.
and Elaine Hansen of Ridgefield, CT, and her in-laws Munson D. and Martha Foster She is survived by her three sons, Stephen and Cherie of Greenville; Gary of Greenville; and Kim and Cheryl of Lowell;
her four granddaughters; Callie Ledbetter of Greenville, Amy and William Shippy of Sylvan Lake, MI; Jamie Foster of Chicago, IL, and Krista Foster of Lowell; her four grandsons, Ryan and Karen of Greenville,Justin and Shannon of W. Bountiful, UT, Brady and Becky of Alto, and Matthew and Carmen of Lowell; five great-grandsons Alex of Greenville; Caleb, Ryan and Owen of Sylvan Lake and
Ethan of Lowell; two step-great-grandsons Tyler and Logen of Greenville; and three great-granddaughters, Addison and Ava of UT and Olivia of Alto, MI.
Also surviving are her brother David and Sheila Hansen of Orange Park, FL and their four children and their families, her nephew Timothy and Allison Hansen of Ridgefield, CT, and Very Special Friends, Audrey Irish
of Mason, MI, formerly of Greenville, and Pam Stout of Cedar Springs.
Family funeral services were held on Tuesday April 17, 2012 at Hurst Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Charnley of the First United Methodist Church as officiant. Burial was in Rest Haven Memory Gardens, Belding.
Memorial Contributions may be made to ALS or the Spectrum Health United Foundation.
