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Thelma Roene Ensminger Foss

Birth	:	20 Jul 1921
Death	:	24 Aug 2012
Burial	:	Salem South Cemetery, Salem, Henry County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8470001, -91.6210022
Description	:	Thelma R. Foss 91, of Salem passed away on Friday, August 24, 2012, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant. Thelma Roene Foss was born on July 20, 1921, in Stillwell, Illinois, the daughter of Walter T. "Tom" & Ethel Caroline Wiedmeyer Ensminger. She moved with her parents and siblings from West Point, Illinois to Salem when she was about 2 years old. She attended Salem Grade School and graduated from Salem High School in 1939. In 1941, she was married to Joe N. Blair, they later divorced. On May 28, 1960, she was married to Arlo R. Foss,... Read More	Thelma R. Foss 91, of Salem passed away on Friday, August 24, 2012, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant. Thelma Roene Foss was born on July 20, 1921, in Stillwell, Illinois, the daughter of Walter T. "Tom" & Ethel Caroline Wiedmeyer Ensminger. She moved with her parents and siblings from West Point, Illinois to Salem when she was about 2 years old. She attended Salem Grade School and graduated from Salem High School in 1939. In 1941, she was married to Joe N. Blair, they later divorced. On May 28, 1960, she was married to Arlo R. Foss, he preceded her in death on May 29, 1985. Thelma was employed with Service Oil Works in Salem, the Sheaffer Pen Factory in Ft. Madison during WWII testing radio heads for P.T. Boats. In 1958, she began working for Continental Telephone Company at New London, later in Mt. Pleasant and Donnellson, retiring in 1979. After her retirement, she and her husband spent their winters in Mesa, Arizona, until 1985. They took many sight-seeing trips in the states. Thelma enjoyed the trips overseas to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, along with her travels to Hawaii, Alaska, and Nova Scotia, Rocky Mountains, Mexico and many others. She spent many hours on her hobbies of genealogy, her family albums, her albums about Salem and her albums of obituaries of family and friends Thelma is survived by her sister Esther (Emmett) Agee of Ottumwa, nieces and nephews; Sandra Mellott, her caregiver of Salem, Karmen Berlin of Circleville, Ohio, Shirley Simkin of Tuscan, AZ., Jim Harshbarger of Camdenton, Missouri, John (Rita) Harshbarger of Hannibal, Missouri, Walt (Deborah) Ensminger of Randolph, New Jersey, Tom (Sarah) Foss of Snellville, GA, Judy (Mark) Zickefoose of Camdenton, Mo, and Ed (Gail) Soenke of Abiquiu, New Mexico and her sister-in-law Mabel Foss of Camdenton, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents, her 2 yr. old son Gary Kent Blair, both husbands, an infant sister, her sister Almeta Simkin, two brothers; Otto & Otis Ensminger, two nieces; Diana Ensminger and Martha Harshbarger, three nephews; Paul Mellott, Ron Berlin, Wm F. Simkin, sister-in-laws; Wanda Ensminger, Vera Bradshaw Fisher and Elbertine Goemke, brother-in-laws; W.W. Simkin, John "Joker" Harshbarger and Darrell W. Foss. According to her wishes her body has been cremated and no services are planned. She will be buried along the side of her husband Arlo in Salem South Cemetery.

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Thelma Roene Ensminger Foss's memorial is located at: Salem South Cemetery, Salem, Henry County, USA.
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Latitude: 40.8470001
Longitude: -91.6210022

Family Members:

Parent

Walter Thomas Ensminger

(1886 - 1963)

Ethel C. Wiedmeyer Ensminger

(1893 - 1975)

Spouse

Arlo R. Foss

(1914 - 1985)

Siblings

Almeta L Ensminger Simkin

(1910 - 2007)

Otto G Ensminger

(1912 - 2005)

Esther Marie Ensminger Harshbarger

(1916 - 2017)

Otis Ensminger

(1919 - 2000)

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