THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH, Columbus, OH, Monday, 6 Dec 2004 Obituary

FOSTER Officer Melissa M. Foster age 35, of Grove City, OH, passed
away Saturday, December 4, 2004 as result of an on duty automobile
accident with the City of Columbus, OH Division of Police. She was born
May 17, 1969 in Greenville, MI, the daughter of Keith C. and Susan M.
(Kerns) Foster. She was a 1987 graduate of Greenville High School and
1998 graduate of the Columbus Police Academy and was employed with
the City of Columbus. She was a member of the Hope Lutheran Church of
Stanton, Michigan. She is survived by her parents, Keith and Susan Foster
of Greenville, MI; her daughter, Elaine Foster-Thornton; and her son, Owen
Keith Foster-Hickey, both living at home; sisters and brother-in-law, Sharon
(Dean) Mallory of Sheridan, MI and Julie Foster of Ludington, MI; brothers
and sisters-in-law, Michael (Heather) Kerns of Greenville, MI and Cary (Tonya)
 Foster of Saranac, MI; grandmother, Elaine Kerns of Greenville, MI; and
great grandmother, Virginia Maier of Beaverton, OR. She is also survived by
her aunts, uncles, cousins and nephews. The Columbus Division of Police will
be holding a public memorial service at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, December 7, 2004
at the Central College Presbyterian Church, 975 S. Sunbury Rd., Westerville, 
Oho. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8,
2004 at the MARSHALL FUNERAL HOME, 420 West Grove, Greenville, Michigan
48838. Funeral and Committal Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday,
December 9, 2004 with Rev. Larry Sheppard officiating. Burial will be in Rest
Haven Memory Gardens. Memorial contributions can be made to the Memorial
Fund for the Children of Melissa Foster at 5/3 Bank.