Jean Marie Foster, age 94, passed away peacefully at home on August 9, 2020.\u00a0 She enjoyed the company of her family and \u201ccaregiving angels\u201d.<\/p>\n
Jean was born in Chicago, IL on August 8, 1926, to Claude and Marguerite (Gish) Dresser.\u00a0 She spent most of her childhood in Villa Park, IL and graduated from York Community High School in 1944.\u00a0 She attended North Central College in Naperville, IL.\u00a0 Jean married Frank W. Foster on May 31, 1947 at the home of her parents.\u00a0 Jean and Frank lived in Villa Park, IL until 1978 during which time Jean was active in Dupage Girl Scout Council as a leader.\u00a0 She was also on the Villa Park Zoning Board and the PTA.<\/p>\n
Jean had a variety of interests including architectural drafting and later, working in marketing research at the Chicago firm, Britt and Frerichs.\u00a0 Jean enjoyed knitting, sewing and watercolor painting.\u00a0 In 1978 Jean and Frank built their retirement home in the Goose Lake area near Morris, IL, which served as a favorite getaway for family and friends to enjoy fishing, boating and swimming.<\/p>\n
In 1991 Jean and Frank moved to a home in Morris, IL.\u00a0 Their location, nestled in the woods at the top of a ravine overlooking Nettle Creek, provided countless opportunities to observe nature for the next 14 years.\u00a0 Jean and Frank moved to Kenosha, WI on November 1, 2005.<\/p>\n
Jean is survived by her children James (Janet) of Pleasant Prairie, WI,\u00a0 Michael (Karen) of Joliet, IL, and Laura (Tom) Biskie of Morris, IL; four grandchildren, Jenna (Jeff) Spielmann of Lake Mills, WI, Jared (Grace) Foster of North Bethesda, MD,\u00a0 Brian (Lauren) Biskie of Maidens, VA and Karen (Zeb) Hubbard of Mechanicsville, VA; and four great grandchildren, Stella and Sawyer Spielmann and Anna and Evan Biskie.<\/p>\n
Jean was preceded in death by her husband, Frank, her parents and her sister, Helen.<\/p>\n
Jean\u2019s family wish to thank Dr Joe Garretto for his kind care,\u00a0her \u201ccaregiving angels\u201d Kathy, Vera, Cindy, Tina, Lisa and Bonnie who took such good care of her these past years.\u00a0 And thank you to Hospice Alliance for their help and support when we needed it most.<\/em><\/p>\n Private inurnment will take place at Alexis Cemetery, Alexis, IL, at a later date.<\/p>\n Memorials to Hospice Alliance, Inc, 10220 Prairie Ridge Blvd, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158 or Salvation Army, 3116 75th St, Kenosha, WI 53142 would be appreciated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jean Marie Foster, age 94, passed away peacefully at home on August 9, 2020.\u00a0 She enjoyed the company of her family and \u201ccaregiving angels\u201d. Jean was born in Chicago, IL on August 8, 1926, to Claude and Marguerite (Gish) Dresser.\u00a0 She spent most of her<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":12867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-12866","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/12866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=12866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Informaci\u00f3n del servicio<\/h3>\n