Rockwood Hoar Foster b. 7 May 1923 Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Mar 2003: H600 GenDB

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1923 - 2003 (79 years)

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Name	Rockwood Hoar Foster
Born	7 May 1923	Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts, USA
Gender	Male
Died	11 Mar 2003
Person ID	I58737	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
Last Modified	17 Nov 2015

Father	Reginald Candler Foster, b. 7 Oct 1889, Brookline, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1945 (Age 55 years)
Mother	Frances Hoar, b. 24 Nov 1894, Worcester, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA , d. Nov 1962, (Age 67 years)
Married	15 Jun 1921	Washington, District Of Columbia, USA
Family ID	F2099	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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Photo with his mother:
Date: 1924-08-10;
Paper: Springfield Republican, pg 6

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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-238413.html
The Washington Post Publish date: March 14, 2003
Rockwood H. "Adam" Foster, 79, a retired Foreign Service officer who was an at-large Republican member of the D.C. City Council from 1972 to 1975, died of a cerebral hemorrhage March 11 at Washington Hospital Center.
Mr. Foster, a Washington resident, worked for the State Department from 1949 until 1963, and his assignments took him to Asia and Europe. He was executive assistant to the ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in London before assuming his final position, officer in charge of West Indian affairs in the bureau of European affairs.
In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon appointed Mr. Foster, then a member of the D.C. board of elections and a proponent of home rule, to the ?

Obituary:
FOSTER, ROCKWOOD HOAR: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Washington Post, The (DC) - March 13, 2003
Deceased Name: FOSTER, ROCKWOOD HOAR
On Tuesday, March 11, 2003 THE HONORABLE ROCKWOOD HOAR FOSTER died. "Adam" Foster was the dearly loved husband of Marguerite Peet Foster and the father of Reginald Candler Foster, Herbert Peet Foster, Adam Rockwood Foster and Charles Orin Foster. He was the grandfather of Katherine Jeanice Foster, Samuel Peet Foster, Frances Preston Candler Foster, Christine Sutton Penfield Foster, Austin Kendall Foster, Phillip Campbell Farist Devor, Christopher Butler Devor and John Rollins Devor. A memorial service will be held at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, on Tuesday, March 18, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the C&O Canal Association, P.O. Box 366, Glen Echo, MD 20812-0366.