When Lawrence Edward Foster was born on August 2, 1903, in New Jersey, his father, John, was 27 and his mother, Kathryn, was 17. He had two brothers. He was engaged to be married in 1938 to Miss Jeanette E Lynch, but the marriage never materialized. He was a weaver for Arrow Woven Label for 35 years and a member of the Midvale Methodist Church. He died on January 10, 1990, in Wanaque, New Jersey, at the age of 86, and was buried in Hamburg, New Jersey.
North New Jersey Herald and News, 12 January, 1990
LAWRENCE E. FOSTER, 86, of the Midvale section of Wanaque Borough, died Wednesday.
Born in Midvale, he was a lifelong resident. He was a weaver for Arrow Woven Label, Paterson, 35 years, retiring 14 years ago, and was a member of the Midvale Methodist Church.
Survivors include two nephews, Robert Foster of Philadelphia and Raymond Daly of Midvale.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Richard’s Funeral Home, 4 Newark-Pompton Turnpike, Midvale.
The News – 27 Dec 1938
Jeanette Lynch to Wed Lawrence Foster
Announcement was made of the engagement of Miss Jeanette E. Lynch, the daughter of Mrs. Sarah Lynch, of Ringwood Avenue, Haskell, and Lawrence E. Foster, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Foster, of Eastside Avenue, Midvale, at a Christmas Eve party held at the Lynch residence.
Those guests attending: Mr. and Mrs. John Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Foster, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lynch of Midvale; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Camp, Allan Hall and Miss Blenda Branford of Pompton Lakes; Mrs. Grace Lewis, Miss Josephine Lewis and Miss Madeline Lewis of Butler; Mrs. E. J. Ricker of Wanaque, and Henry Lynch and Mrs. Sarah Lynch of Haskell.
