Foster, Theodore T. 83, of Halifax, passed away at the Tremont Rehabilitation Center in Wareham on August 31. Husband of the late Beryl (Gaul) Foster (1937-2001). He leaves his children; Karen Coffelt of Halifax, Wanda Mikuchonis of Texas, Dawn Foster of Alaska, Kenneth Foster of Plymouth and Hope Foster of Halifax. He also leaves 3 grandchildren; Chrystal Foster, Ryan Mikuchonis, and Alicia Foster and 2 brothers; Donald Foster of ME, and Richard Foster of Germany.
Theodore was born in South Orange, NJ the son of Henry and Ruth (Theberath) Foster. He grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Columbia High School. He graduated from Harvard Divinity School and was Ordained in the Swedenborgian New Jeruselum church as a Minister and worked many years as an organist at various denomination churches while holding different retail jobs over the years. Theodore enjoyed playing the piano, gardening, traveling, photography, reading, hiking (up Mt. Washington), and bicycling trips from NJ to ME. He was a member of The New Jerusalem Church in Bridgewater and attended the Fryeburg New Church Assembly in Fryeburg, ME for many summers. He was in the camp’s Polar Bear club. He raised his family with Beryl in Halifax and enjoyed traveling to Alaska and Texas to visit his children who went to live out of state. He was cared for in his home by his daughters Hope and Karen during his early stages of Alzheimer’s.
There will be a Memorial Service held at The New Jerusalem Church in Bridgewater on September 9, at 10:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations in Theodore’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s association at https://act.alz.org/site/Donation2