Mark Alan Foster, 1962-1990

Daily Iowegian – 28 June 1990

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  Mark Alan Foster, 27, of 1403 Hillside Drive of Bettendorf, Iowa was DOA (dead on arrival) at the St. Lukes Hospital in Davenport on Monday, June 25, 1990.

  He was born in Centerville on October 27, 1962, the son of Larry Dean and Leona Clayworth Foster.  He was employed at the Duck Creek Plaza in Bettendorf with the General Growth Management Corp.  He was united in marriage on July 26, 1986 at Allendale, S.C. to Penny Clifton, who survives.

  He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Glen Foster, Carl and Nora Fenton and Lola Morrison.

  Survivors include his wife Penny of Bettendorf; three daughters all at home – Stormi, Erica and Kayla; his mother Leona Fullmer of LeClaire; his father Larry Foster of Milan, Ill.; two sisters Cindy McKenrick of Eldridge and Vickie Bates of LeClaire; and grandmother Cora Foster of Centerville.

  Funeral services will be Friday, June 29, 1990 at 10:30 a.m. at the Duley Funeral Home in Centerville with the Rev. Roger Goodson officiating.  Burial will be in the Jerome Cemetery in Jerome.  Friends may call beginning Thursday morning at 9 a.m. Visitations will be Thursday evening from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Funeral Home Chapel. A memorial has been established to the family.

Gravestone of Mark Alan Foster

in the Jerome Cemetery

Carl William Fenton, 1909-1981

 The Seymour Herald – 2 April 1981

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  Carl William Fenton, a lifelong resident of the are, who had resided on Route 2, Seymour since November 1, 1980, died suddenly at his home Thursday, March 26, 1981.  He had suffered a heart attack in September.

  Born February 18, 1909, north of Plano, he was the son of Joe and Mary McAninch Fenton.  He married Nora Finton at Corydon in 1929, and she died October 22, 1967. On April 12, 1976, he married Bessie Cochran Fenton in Las Vegas, Nev., and she survives.

  Mr. Fenton was employed by Appanoose County many years, and farmed in the Brushy vicinity prior to that time. His parents, one grandson, two brothers, Emerl Fenton and Merl Fenton, and two sisters, Alta Farris and Bertha Hawk, preceded him in death.

  Survivors besides his wife include two sons, Burness Fenton of Biloxi, Miss.; Robert Fenton of Davenport; two daughters, Leona Foster, Eldridge, Ia.; and Fern Davolt, Bettendorf, Ia.; one stepson, Donald Fenton, Lineville, Ia.; three stepdaughters, Beulah DeVore, Seymour rural route, Mary Lou Levis, Sewal; and Betty Burns, Eldridge, Ia.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild, a number of step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren, one sister, Icel Hart, Centerville; and one brother, Floyd Fenton, Centerville.

  Services were March 28 at Miller-Wehrle Funeral Home in Centerville, with John Lewis officiating.  Burial was in Jerome Cemetery.

Gravestone of Carl William and Nora L. Fenton

in the Jerome Cemetery

Row 2, Block 31, Lot 4