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October 27, 2009

Howard William Foust

Retired fiscal manager served church, community

Howard William Foust, 127 Hadley Road, Hempfield Township, went to be with his Lord and Savior at 6:36 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, in UPMC Horizon, Greenville, after an extended illness. He was 79.

Mr. Foust was born March 12, 1930, in Greenville, a son of Floyd Ephraim and Mary Wright Foust.

He was a 1947 graduate of the former Penn High School, Greenville.

Mr. Foust attended Thiel College, Greenville, then Youngstown State University, where he earned his bachelor of science degree in accounting in 1962.

Upon his graduation, he went to work as a signalman for Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, Greenville.

He then served in the Army during the Korean conflict from 1951-53.

Mr. Foust returned to Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad upon his honorable discharge from the Army. He was employed as accounting manager from 1955 until 1983 by the former Sharon Transformer Division of Westinghouse Electric Corp. He then worked for the former Mercer County Living Center as the fiscal manager beginning in 1984 until his retirement in 1998.

As a member of First Presbyterian Church in Greenville, he served as a Sunday school teacher, an ordained deacon, ordained elder and a trustee. He also served on the Presbytery Council, Shenango Presbytery.

He was a former member of the board of directors of the Shenango Home, New Wilmington.

Mr. Foust led a full life. He kept the financial records of the Pymatuning Outboard Motor Club from 1983 until 2008 and was one of the original members of and the longest tenured person serving on the Mercer County Juvenile Probation Department’s Community Court, beginning in 1999.

He was an enthusiastic member of the Greenville Lions Club, where he served as King Lion in 2004.

An avid golfer and bowler, Howard loved spending time with the members of the Senior Golf League at Pine Hill Golf Course in Greenville, as well as the Senior Bowling League at Celebrity Bowl in Greenville.

Mr. Foust was a wonderful husband, a devoted father, doting grandfather, caring brother and giving friend to many.

He was the loving husband of the former Carole Lee Jamison, whom he married Oct. 11, 1952. She survives at home. She is the daughter of Kenneth M. and Gladys Platt Jamison, who preceded her husband in death.

Howard’s surviving children are: the Rev. Kenneth W. Foust and his wife Barbara Foust, Lower Burrell, Pa., and their children, Carrie and Will; Randall Foust and his wife Kimberly, Dublin, Ohio, and their children Derek, Jessica and Natalie; and Kevin L. Foust and his wife Lynda, Roanoke, Va., and their son, Nathan.

Also surviving are three brothers, Thomas Foust, Franklin; Richard Foust, Stoneboro; and Charles Foust, Sandy Lake; a sister, Lorraine Hans, Hadley; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter, Mary Kathleen Foust; three brothers, Everett Foust, Blaine Foust and Floyd Foust; and a sister, Bernice Hancock.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 323 Main St., Greenville, PA 16125; or American Heart Association, 840 Southwestern Run Road, Youngstown, OH 44514.

FOUST

Howard William, 79, of 127 Hadley Road, Hempfield Township.

Calling hours: Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday (10-29-09) in LOUTZENHISER-JORDAN COLONIAL FUNERAL HOME, 366-68 S. Main St., Greenville, and 10 to 10:45 a.m. Friday (10-30-09) in the parlor of First Presbyterian Church, Greenville. Visitors may sign an online guestbook and watch a DVD tribute at www.loutzenhiser-jordanfuneralhome.com

Service: Funeral services at 11 a.m. Friday (10-30-09) in First Presbyterian Church, Greenville, with the Rev. David A. Dobi, pastor, officiating.

Interment: With committal in Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, and military honors rendered by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3374, Hempfield Township.

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