OBITUARY Floyd F. Foster Jr. October 24, 1924 – February 2, 2019 FLOYD FREEMAN FOSTER, JR. , WW II Veteran, devoted husband, beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather, passed away on February 2, 2019, in Houston, Texas. Floyd was born on October 24, 1924 to Floyd, Sr. and Florence Foster in Cambridge, Massachusetts and graduated from Wilbraham Academy (now Wilbraham & Monson Academy) in western Massachusetts in 1942.
After a short stint at Massachusetts State College at Amherst, he joined the US Army in late 1942 and left for Europe in 1944 to defend his county. During WW II, Floyd served as a Communications Sargent (radio operator) in a Command Half-Track with the 420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion of the 10th Armored Division (the “Fighting Tigers”) of General George Patton’s 3rd Army. His unit was sent to Bastogne, Belgium in December 1944 along with the 101st Airborne Division early in the Battle of the Bulge and was surrounded by the Germans while defending that town.
He survived this battle after several harrowing experiences earning a Purple Heart for wounds suffered in the battle. His unit was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for their service in this battle. After discharge in early 1946, Floyd went back to college and was awarded his BA and MA in Geology in 1949 and 1950 from Boston University.
He met Sally Wroe, the love of his life, while at Boston University. Sally and Floyd were married on June 1, 1948 and took off on their “great adventure” starting in the oil fields of West Texas two years later. Their 57-year marriage produced two sons, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Sally passed away in 2005. After a successful career as a very talented geologist & geophysicist with Standard Oil Company of Texas (Chevron), Transocean Oil Company and Burnett Oil Company, he started his own very successful prospect generating oil & gas exploration company in 1983, FF Foster & Associates. He retired in 1994 to enjoy his family, grandchildren, great grandchildren and golf in his retirement years.
Floyd was a member of Pines Presbyterian Church in Houston for over 40 years. He is survived by older son and daughter-in-law, Peter and Dorothy Foster, his younger son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Colleen Foster, his grandchildren, Sarah Foster and husband Dave Roberts, Michael Foster Jr. and wife, Chia, David Foster and wife Stephanie, Stephen Foster and wife Jill, and great grandchildren, John, Emma, Miles, Joy, William and Aeon. Floyd is also survived by two brothers-in-law, Govert Bassett and family and John Wroe and family.
Friends are invited to a visitation with the family from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 11th at Memorial Oaks Funeral Home, 13001 Katy Freeway at Eldridge. A private graveside service for the family will be held on the morning of February 12th.
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