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Earl Lloyd Foster passed away in a Sonora hospital at the age of 86.
A native of Ripon, California, Mr. Foster joined the California Highway Patrol in Stockton in 1930. He transferred to Sonora in 1947, and retired from there in 1967.
Mr. Foster was survived by his wife of 63 years, Stella; a son, Donald of Martinez; a daughter, Janice Boone of Columbia; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Josephine M. Freel Foster, on August 20, 1944 [sic]; father, Moses Nathan Foster, on August 20, 1944; his brother, Lyle L. Foster on February 16, 1984; sister, Hattie Proudfit on May 14, 1983; and sister, Dorothy Gillett on April 9, 1986.
Miller T. Bolton, of the Bolton Drug Store Company, Plainview, is one of the active men in the affairs of the village, and is doing his share toward the general prosperity of the country.
He was born in Eyota, Olmstead County, this state, October 27, 1871, son of Thomas G. and Ella (Foster) Bolton. He was brought to Plainview by his parents as an infant, and here passed through the public schools, graduating from the Plainview High School in 1888. In the meanwhile he had spent much of his spare time in his father's drug store, and early became imbued with the idea of following his father's profession. Accordingly in 1892 he entered the University of Minnesota and pursued the regular course in pharmacy, being graduated from that course in 1894. Then returning to Plainview, he associated himself with his father in the drug business. In 1907 the firm of the Bolton Drug Store was formed with Miller T. and John F. as partners, and this firm has since continued to do a prosperous business. The brothers have a neat store, well equipped, and carry a good line of drugs, stationery and novelties. Fraternally Mr. Bolton is a member of Illustrious Lodge No. 63, and of the Odd Fellows ...History of Wabasha County, Minnesota
Franklin Curtiss-Wedge, Compiler,
(H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Company, Winona, Minnesota, 1920), p. 257-258]
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CHATFIELD -- The funeral for Robert F. Jefferis, 102, of Chatfield, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Chatfield United Methodist Church; the Rev. Justin Halmersma will officiate. Burial will be in Chatfield Cemeter
Mr. Jefferis died Saturday (Nov. 17, 2007) at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, where he had resided for two months.
Robert Fulton Jefferis was born Aug. 1, 1905, in Rock Rapids, Iowa. He graduated from Litchfield (Minn.) High School in 1924. He married Ruth Bolton in Minneapolis on Aug. 30, 1930. Mr. Jefferis retired in 1975 after 40 years with the Post Office as a Supervisor of Postal Operations. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Chatfield United Methodist Church, Degree of Honor Lodge, and the Chatfield Brass Band. He served as a Boy Scout Leader, P.T.A. President, President of the Chatfield Cemetery Board, Treasurer of the Western Days Committee, and Secretary/Treasurer of the United Methodist Church. He was also a member and soloist in the church choir, taught Sunday School, and belonged to the United Methodist Men's Brotherhood.
Survivors include three sons, Charles Thomas (Stella) of Corbin, Ky., Mallory (Christel) of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Michael (Robert) of Minneapolis; four daughters, Mary Ellen Barth of Preston, and Roberta (Rodney) Copeman, Marlene (Glenn) Hisey and Judith Stites, all of Chatfield; 19 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter. He was preceded in death by his wife on July 3, 1993, three brothers and two sisters.