for Children, the Homeless Initiative Program and Holy Family Shelter. Her love and passion for helping others took her to Mexico, Cuba, Grenada, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda where she worked in schools and orphanages. She was a parishioner of the Church of the Holy Cross in Indianapolis. She had a special devotion to St. Teresa of Calcutta and serving the poor and imprisoned. Her spirituality was rooted in faithfulness to the rosary and the Blessed Virgin Mother. She volunteered at Eucharistic Adoration Chapel as a regular adorer at St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Church in Fishers, Indiana. When people were troubled, she reminded them, "Go forward in faith." Her adventurous spirit and zeal for life took her all around the world. She carried special memories of her experiences on safari and gorilla trekking in Africa. She hiked the rain forests of Costa Rica. She also lived in the West Indies where she loved the island life and substituted at the International School of Grenada and performed as a standardize patient at St. George's School of Medicine. While in Grenada, she enjoyed the opportunity to meet the Prime Minister of Grenada, lunch with the with the President of Guyana's wife and attend embassy events. She loved being a grandma and planning activities around the holidays including coloring Easter Eggs, baking Christmas cookies and organizing campfires with her grandson, Jack, and his neighborhood friends. She loved attending her grandson's school events. She was especially proud to welcome a girl into the family when her first granddaughter, Zion, was born two and a half months ago. Her first words to Zion were, "Come here pumpkin!" She was happiest when she could spend time with her grandchildren. Her hobbies were cooking, tending her flower garden, watching old movies, reading classic novels and making jewelry. She also loved watching thriller, suspense and forensic TV. One of her most endearing relationships was with her brother Mark. She loved teasing him as a child and looked up to him as an adult for his character and quiet strength. She is survived by her husband, Stephen Foster, sons, Nicholas Foster (Sara), Scott Foster and Fernando Osorno Plaza, grandchildren, Jackson Foster and Zion Foster-Knipp, brother, Mark Reed (Debbie), sister-in law, Laura Alexander, brother-in-law, Jim Foster (Barb), and many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held at Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery, 700 West 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208 on Monday, June 11, 2018 from 5:00-8:00 PM with a Memory Celebration beginning at 7:00 PM. On Tuesday, June 12, 2018, last respects will be held at Bishop Chartrand Chapel at Marian University (Marian Hall), 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, IN 46222 beginning at 11:00 AM with a funeral mass starting at noon. Interment will immediately follow mass at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Crown Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery
Indianapolis, IN 46208
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