Service on June 15 for Ed Foster, 1941–2024

John Edward Foster of Lincoln passed away on May 11, 2024 at Emerson Hospital in Concord. His wife, daughter and son were at his bedside. He was 83 years old.

Ed was born in Muskogee, Okla., in 1941 to John Norman Foster and Viola Gard Foster. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Sara Kay Foster, and his two children, Kristine Foster Carbone and John Douglas Foster. He also leaves behind four beloved grandchildren, Enna Lea Carbone, Amelia Elizabeth Foster, Evan Aaron Foster and Margaret Avery Foster. His sister Virginia Foster McLain predeceased him in 2006.

In 1962, Ed received a B.S. in business at Oklahoma State University and a B.A. in English at the University of Oklahoma in 1964. He then obtained a law degree at Harvard Law School in 1967. He practiced law as a probate court and estate planning attorney with a solo practice in Harvard Square for 48 years. He was a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association. Ed was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court, nominated by Lawrence Tribe, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School. He also served on the board of Coppermark Bank in Oklahoma City for many years.

Ed was a well-rounded individual and always had vigorous vegetable gardens at his home in Lincoln and a second home in Denmark, Maine. At his Denmark garden, he grew vegetables for the Bridgton Farmers market. He was a bee-keeper and his children helped sell the 150 pounds of honey from his hive at Lincoln’s Codman Fair.

Ed studied oil painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He loved to paint and he painted regularly for the last 20 years of his life. Enamored with Monhegan Island, his paintings depict the colorful houses and landscapes of the island he loved in Maine. He also painted many portraits of his grandchildren. Curious and adventurous, he loved traveling with his wife and family abroad and in the United States. He also had a private pilot’s license and took many trips around New England. He was quick to laugh and will always be remembered for his unique sense of humor and dry wit.

Relatives and friends will gather for Ed’s memorial service at The Commons in Lincoln at Lincoln on Saturday, June 15 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please contribute in Ed’s memory to the charity of your choice.

Arrangements are under the care of Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Concord, which provided this obituary. To share a remembrance or to offer a condolence in Ed’s online guestbook, click here.