Ira Lee

Foster

Ira Lee (Freeman) Foster, 89, passed away February 14, 2013 at her home in Blanchard. The daughter of Ira and Zollie Leota (Smith) Freeman, she was born August 13, 1923 in Paris, Texas.

Ira Lee married Herbert (Hub) Foster on December 21, 1940 in Oklahoma City and they made their home in Blanchard and raised four sons, Ted, Lynn, Terry and Gary. She and her sister, Wilma Dean Brooks, owned and operated Pistol Pete's Restaurant in Blanchard for many years. Ira Lee was a great cook and was skilled at baking pies, especially chocolate pie. She was an avid reader and enjoyed sewing. Ira Lee's greatest enjoyment was spending time with family and friends, especially her grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Hub Foster; one son, Gary Foster; four brothers, Lawrence, Leon, Curtis and James Freeman; and three sisters, Dorothy Harris, Wilma Dean Brooks, and June Hodges.

Ira Lee is survived by her sons, Ted Foster and wife, Helen of Blanchard, Lynn Foster and wife, Terry of Blanchard, Terry Foster and wife, Linda of Wilburton; a daughter-in-law, Rochelle Foster of Blanchard; fourteen grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; brother-in-law, Frank Hodges of Omaha, Texas; sister-in-law, Leatrice Freeman of Blue Ridge, Texas; many nieces and nephews; and a host of extended family and friends.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, February 18, 2013 at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Blanchard with interment following in the Blanchard Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard. Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.