Kathryn Cornelia Foster

Kathryn C. Foster, age 75, of Amboy, died Sunday, September 14, 2014, at KSB Hospital in Dixon following a sudden illness. She was born August 28, 1939, in Sublette, the daughter of Frank and Blanche (Rubel) Vaessen. She graduated from Amboy High School in 1957, then she attended St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago and graduated with a Diploma in Radiology. After graduating from St. Luke's, Kay joined her husband in Orlando, FL, while he served in the Air Force. They had two children while living and serving in Florida, then moved back to the northwest suburban area where they had two more children. Kathryn worked for many years in chicagoland area hospitals and clinics before settling back in Amboy. She then worked at Edwards Clinic in Dixon for many years, before returning to the Chicagoland area, working at several medical clinics in the northwest suburbs before retiring in 2000. Kay was a life-long member of and active in St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy along with volunteering time and support to the St. Vincent de Paul organization. She was dedicated to family gatherings with her children, their spouses, and grandchildren. She was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and will be greatly missed by all. She married Doug Foster in Chicago December 30,1958. She was preceded in death by a son Brian W. Foster, a daughter Marcia E. Wittke, brothers William Vaessen, Eugene Vaessen, and Ellwyn Vaessen, and sisters Berniece Vaessen, Mary Vaessen, Dorothy Cavanaugh and Adelle Benson. Survivors include her husband; 1 daughter Angela (Doug) Schueler of Sterling; 1 son Michael (Kelly) Foster of Amboy; 8 grandchildren Jennifer (James) Walker, Danielle (Nate) Decker, Eric (Amanda) Wittke, Evan Wittke, Aaron Schueler, Emily Wittke, Lauren Foster, and Madeline Foster; 3 great-grandchildren; 1 sister Rosella (James) McCullough of Petaluma, CA; 2 brothers-in-law Donald Benson of Hustler, WI, and John (Maura) Foster of Plainfield. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 19, 2014, beginning with a 10:00 AM prayer service in the Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 AM in St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy with the Rev. Msgr. Thomas Bales, Pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in St. Patrick Cemetery in Amboy. Visitation will be held on Thursday, from 4:00 until 8:00 PM with the Rosary recited at 7:30 PM in the funeral home. A memorial has been established to the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Kathryn Cornelia Foster

August 28, 1939 - September 14, 2014