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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 103
BY SENATOR KOSTELKA
A RESOLUTION
To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of
Louisiana upon the death of Patricia Fae Foster.
WHEREAS, it is with deep regret and profound sorrow that the citizens of Louisiana
have learned of the death of Patricia Foster who died on May 11, 2010 at age eighty-one; and
WHEREAS, Patricia Fae Foster was born in Clovis, New Mexico, on March 9, 1929;
and
WHEREAS, while attending Clovis High School, she was elected state president of
the New Mexico Future Homemakers of America, representing her state in Denver,
Colorado, and helped formulate the National Future Homemakers of America; and
WHEREAS, after graduating from high school in 1946, she attended Browning
Commercial College in Albuquerque, New Mexico and became an accountant; and
WHEREAS, she worked at the University of New Mexico Book Store until her
marriage to Fred J. Foster, a theological student, on September 10, 1946; and
WHEREAS, the couple started their marriage in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Fred was
in school and, along with another student and his wife, founded Cedar Grove Pentecostal
Church in Tupelo, Mississippi, which, upon graduation, the Fosters pastored; and
WHEREAS, in September, 1954, they founded Calvary Pentecostal Church in
Albuquerque; and
WHEREAS, in 1958 they pastored the First United Pentecostal Church in Orange,
Texas, until November, 1963, when Texas District International asked them to start Texas
Bible College in Houston, Texas, with Patricia Fae Foster serving as business manger while
her husband served as president, and under their tutelage the college became the largest of
the UPCI; and
WHEREAS, in January, 1970, the Fosters began their ministry in West Monroe,
Louisiana, where Patricia Fae Foster became the First Lady of the First Pentecostal Church,
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WHEREAS, she was a key player in the great growth and success of the church over
the twenty-eight and a half years her husband pastored there, purchasing the property for the
new facilities on Interstate-20; and
WHEREAS, since June 1998, when her husband became Pastor Emeritus, she has
continued to be an active part of the Pentecostals in West Monroe; and
WHEREAS, her husband credits her with their many accomplishments, "she was a
tremendous lady and without her grand assistance none of our accomplishments could have
been possible"; and
WHEREAS, she was a loving, devoted, and dedicated wife and a cherished mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, cousin, and aunt whose love of family was of utmost
importance in her life; and
WHEREAS, she was a progressive voice for the Pentecostals, and will always be
remembered in her community for her distinguished service as the First Lady of the
Pentecostals; and
WHEREAS, upon her death the world lost a unique individual who left an indelible
mark upon the lives of all those who knew her; and
WHEREAS, because of her numerous accomplishments in public and private life,
the death of Patricia Fae Foster has left a void in her community and has created a genuine
sense of profound sorrow in her friends and family.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
acknowledges with gratitude the outstanding service, and numerous accomplishments of
Patricia Fae Foster and extends sincere regrets and condolences to her family on the occasion
of her death.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to her
husband, Dr. Fred J. Foster.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE