The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois
March 25, 1977 - Friday, pg 4
 
WALTER  B.  FOY
 
Walter B. Foy Succumbs Thursday
 
Walter B. Foy, 90, of RR 1, Walnut, died Thursday evening in Pleasant View Nursing Home, Morrison.
 
Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home with the Rev. Clarke Devore, pastor of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in the Tampico Memorial Cemetery. VIsitation will be Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
 
He was born April 17, 1886 in Tampico, the son of Charles W. and Mary Foy. He married Maude C. Harrington who preceded him in death on June 3, 1962.
 
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Marie) Baker of Walnut (with whom he had made his home), and Mrs. Vick (Verla) Anderson of Sacramento, Calif.;  16 grandchildren; 40 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren.
 
He was preceded in death by one son, two brotheers and four grandchildren.
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