In Memory of

Mary

Foster

Obituary for Mary Foster

A funeral service for Mary R. Foster, 84, of Ormond Beach, FL, will be held at Christ Presbyterian Church, 1035 W Granada Blvd, Ormond Beach, FL 32174, on Monday, December 3, 2018 at 11:00am with Pastor Chris officiating. A visitation will be held on Sunday, December 2, 2018 from 2:00pm until 4:00pm at Dale Woodward Funeral Home, 167 Ridgewood Ave. Daytona Beach, FL 32117. Mrs. Foster was born on July 20, 1934 to Thomas F. Russell and Ethel Davis Gamble Russell Benton in Valhermoso Springs, Alabama. Educated at Judson College and the University of Alabama she adored the Crimson Tide football team, yelling, "Roll Tide" any time she got the chance to do it. Mrs. Foster was a member of Oceanside Country Club where she was an avid golfer and tennis player. She loved nature, animals, and children. An extrovert to the end, Mrs. Foster loved spending time with her friends and family, as well as making friends with the strangers around her. She had a sense of humor that permeated all aspects of her time on this earth, and a spirit that was stronger than any adversity that life ever brought to her. Survivors include her daughters, Cheryl Foster Beidler of Ormond Beach, FL and Karen Foster Jewell (Sumant Maloo) of Ormond Beach, FL, her grandchildren Erica Foster Jarrell, Timothy Beidler, Steven Beidler, Christian Beidler, and Ryan Jewell (Kris Crimm), her brother William Russell of Huntsville, AL, her special friend Herb Wilkinson, and many loving cousins, nieces and nephews. Mrs. Foster is proceeded in death by her husbands Capt. Dudley Connolly, Jr. and LeRoy E. Foster, and her sons Bryan N. Foster and William F. Foster. In lieu of flowers, the family requests making donations to the Halifax Humane Society, 2364 LPGA Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32124.