Foster, Rodney Hillston, 63, Monticello; in Houlton, October 12, 2008. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, October 16, 2008, at the Foster Cemetery in Monticello. A time of fellowship will follow at the United Methodist Church of Monticello. Arrangements are in the care of Duncan Funeral Home, Mars Hill.
Monticello – Rodney H. Foster, 63, died October 12, 2008, at a Houlton health care facility. He was born April 11, 1945, in Houlton, the son of Hillstien and Doris Swimm Foster.
Rodney graduated from Ricker Classical Institute and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Unity College. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Loring Air Force Base. He had been employed at Dunn Furniture Company in Houlton for 24 years. Rodney was a member of the United Methodist Church in Monticello and pastored the church for four years. He was a member of the Houlton Masonic Lodge, and served on the Board of Directors of Friendly Village in Monticello, and the Board of Directors of S.A.V.E.
He is survived by a sister and a brother-in-law, Angela and Robert Cowperthwaite of Houlton; a nephew, Eric Cowperthwaite and his wife Audra of Houlton; nieces, Sarah Noland and her husband James of Waterville and Martha Bell and her husband Christopher of Houlton; and a special friend, Dee Henderson of Houlton.
Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, October 16, 2008, at the Foster Cemetery in Monticello, with the Rev. Marilyn Rohdin officiating. A time of fellowship will follow at the United Methodist Church of Monticello. For those who wish to remember Rodney, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the United Methodist Church of Monticello, P.O. Box 314, Monticello, ME 04760. The family wishes to extend a special thanks to all the staff of Madigan Estates Nursing Facility of Houlton. Arrangments are in the care of the Duncan Funeral Home in Mars Hill. Online condolences may be expressed at www.duncan-graves.com.
