OBITUARY
MR. G. T. FOSTER The death occurred this morning of Mr. George Thomas Foster, at the age of 85 years. Mr. Foster was born m Kent, England, and came to New Zealand at the age of 18, settling in Blenheim with his parents. At the age of 28 he married Miss Annie Berry jn Blenheim, He came to Gisborne 35 years ago and was well known as a bricklayer. For 69 years he played ■<n instrument in the Salvation Army Band. He had been ailing for the pest two years. The deceased leaves to mourn their loss two daughters and two sons, Mesdames L. Jeffs and R. Foote, Gisborne, Mr. C. A. Foster. Sydney and Mr. Frank Foster, 2nd N.Z.E.F. After a short service at the Salvation Army Citadel at 2 p.m. to-morrow, the funeral will leave for the Taruheru cemetery. ■■•■tv ' ■. . '
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19421017.2.102
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20917, 17 October 1942, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
143OBITUARY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20917, 17 October 1942, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in