Robert G. Foust

Shamokin

SHAMOKIN — Robert G. Foust, 82, of Trevorton Road, RD1 Shamokin, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2006, at the Mountain View Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Coal Township, where he was a guest for two weeks. He had been in ailing health for the past few years.

He was born May 6, 1923, in Danville, a son of the late Walter O. and Anna J. (Goodall) Foust. On June 18, 1950, in Zion Lutheran Church, Sunbury, he married the former Charlotte I. Martz, who survives.

Bob was a 1941 graduate of Danville High School and a 1947 graduate of Eckels College of Mortuary Science in Philadelphia.

From February 1943 to February 1946, he served in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater.

Mr. Foust was a retired funeral director, having founded and owned The Robert G. Foust Funeral Home in Trevorton from 1950 to 1990, and was later affiliated with his son at The Robert G. Foust Jr. Funeral Home, Trevorton.

He was an active member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trevorton, where he formerly served on the church council.

Bob also served on the former Trevorton Regional Board of the Pennsylvania National Bank and Trust Company.

He was a member of the Herndon Lodge No. 702 Free and Accepted Masons, the Trevorton Patsies and the Trevorton Senior Action Center. He was also active with the former Zerbe Township Golf League. Mr. Foust was a life member of the American Legion Post 92, Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 7813, both of Trevorton, and the Trevorton Fire Company.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, Charlotte, are one daughter and son-in-law, Terri and Ron Seiler of RD1 Herndon; one son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Donna Foust Jr. of Trevorton; four grandchildren, Bethany Kennedy, and Kimberly, Ryan and Robbie Foust; and one great-grandson, Calvin Kennedy.

He was preceded in death by one sister, Elizabeth "Lib" Donegan, and two brothers, Thomas and James Foust.

A viewing will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Robert G. Foust Jr. Funeral Home, 841 W. Shamokin St., Trevorton. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 601 Market St., Trevorton with the Rev. Michael Ware officiating.

Burial will be in Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Bob's memory may be made to either Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 601 W. Market St., Trevorton, PA 17881 or the Veterans Memorial Fund, 800 Mahanoy St., Trevorton, PA 17881.