Klei, born on February 12, 1945, in Detroit, MI, to Roy and Virginia Klei, passed on July 22, 2023. To view Richard’s obituary online or to leave a condolence for the family please visit Read more ![]() Those desiring may make contributions in Richard’s memory to the Helping Hands Food Pantry, 621 Jefferson St., Charlotte, MI 48813 or the Potterville Benton Township District Library, 150 Library Lane, Potterville, MI 48876. A graveside service will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Burkhead-Green-Kilgo Funeral Home. The family received friends on Friday, July 28, 2023, from 5 p.m. He was preceded in death by his parents, sibling Norrine (Foster) Waterman, and nephew Jeffrey Waterman. Richard is survived by his wife, Jeanette Dale (Hynes) Foster of Charlotte, MI children: Duane Gordon Foster of Milwaukee, OR Dale (Terri) Richard Foster of Bellevue, MI Janice Elaine (Foster) LaDuca of Milwaukee, OR grandkids: Andrew Ray (Carman) Foster of Perry, MI Anna Janelle Foster of Potterville, MI great-grandkids: Gage Anthoni Foster of Perry, MI, and Reegan Elizabeth Foster of Perry, MI. Richard was a resident of Hope Landing Assisted Living in Charlotte, MI for the past three and a half years. The island show was a world-class show where Richard took first place in a class called “Forgotten Fiberglass.” He also used to drag-race the car in Stanton winning all races he entered! The Wildfire underwent an extensive restoration in 2010 followed by Concours’ de Elegance car shows in Milwaukee, WI, Des Moines, IA, and Amelia Island Florida. ![]() The Wildfire drew attention and awards including trophies in Kalamazoo, Detroit, and the old Lansing Civic Center. That girl turned out to be his future wife, Jeanette Hynes of Shepherd they married on December 21, 1957, and this began 65 years of marriage. On August 10, 1957, he was lined up for the parade in the Shepherd Centennial when it was announced that a girl was needed to ride with him. Through the Chevrolet dealership in Shepherd, he was able to acquire one from the Racing Division of Chevrolet. Originally he had a flathead Ford engine in the Wildfire, then in 1957 he found out that Chevrolet was coming out with the Corvette with a fuel injected engine, he wanted one of those engines. From an ad in Popular Mechanics, he ordered the body and frame to a car named Woodill Wildfire Roadster. The most recent trips were to Ireland twice and an Alaskan cruise with family.Īfter high school when all of his friends were buying “made in Michigan” cars he decided he wanted something different. Trips in the mini motorhome to California, Arizona, and North Carolina. Several out of state trips took the family to Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Florida, and Massachusetts. The list of friends and family who “took a ride” with Richard is long. A favorite destination was Beaver Island. The family enjoyed many trips in the 1948 Ryan Navion 4-seater airplane that Richard piloted with skill for fifty years. As part of the Potterville community, he served on the Chamber of Commerce as well as ten years on the Benton Township Fireboard. He invested in a new business in Potterville, 21st Century Plastics, where he had many friends. So, with that it closed the door on that part of his life. In 1988, the State of Michigan decided it needed the property for highway I-69. ![]() He made a change from tool and die to designing and making molds for plastic injection parts. He moved the business from its first Potterville location on M-100 to a new building on Lansing Rd. While there, he began acquiring the equipment he needed to launch his own business, Foster Tool Products. After working there for thirteen years he was a foreman at Michigan Magnetics in Vermontville. He entered a tool and die apprenticeship at Adams Tool and Engineering. While in high school he spent half a day at the Technical School where he received awards. Richard was born April 8, 1934, to Bert Ray and Frances Helen (Ritter) Foster in Lansing, MI.Īfter living in Saginaw for a short time, the family moved to the Lansing area where he attended Valley Farms Elementary School, Pattengill Jr. Richard Duane Foster passed away Tuesday, Jat the age of 89.
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