Wesley E Foss

Wesley Ernest Foss

February 8, 1925-December 18, 2012

Wesley Ernest Foss was born on Feb 8, 1925 in Barry Township, Barry County, MI and his parents were Ernest Truman & Margaret A Trick Foss.  Accord to the 1930 US census Ernest T & Margaret A Trick Foss lived in Barry Township, Barry County, MI.

Residence:

1930 US Census Barry Township, Barry County, MI 

1940 US Census Barry Township, Barry County, MI  on R 3 in Delton

Eloise and Wesley Foss in Barry Township, Barry County, MI

Wesley Foss 

when he was in

 the Navy

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Right is Wesley E Foss

Above is Gertha M Wiggins

Both is at park in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL in 1948

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Above -- Wesley Foss                                            Right – Gertha Wiggins

On outing by Old Tampa Bay in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL in early 1949

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Wesley E Foss married Gertha Mae Wiggins was married in 1949 in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL.  The couple took residency after marriage in Riverview, Hillsborough County, FL.

After wedding at Silver Springs, Florida

Bride – Gertha Mae Wiggins Foss

Year of 1949

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Wesley and Gertha Wiggins Foss actually did not have any children, with the exception of one that died of premature birth.  Gertha told me that she knew she was pregnant and she went her physician but by her 12^th week of pregnancy the baby boy at already went to be with the Lord in year of 1953.  Around 1965, Wesley & Gertha Wiggins Foss bought land in Lithia, Hillsborough County, FL and started a Orange Grove by seedlings.  The couple continued to keep their orange grove going and eventually sold their property in Riverview and put a trailer home on the property. 

Start of planting his orange grove in Lithia, Hillsborough County, Florida on August of 1962.

Rosa Lee (mom) tells me that in “November of 1965 Wesley & Gertha Foss was headed over to the property to tend to the orange grove but I had other plans.  Wesley & Gertha Foss took Rosa Lee (mom) to the hospital and I was born soon after.” 

Animals, which Uncle Wesley (he loved animals) drew while we were over at his house after finishing our talk about the family tree.

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In November 2005, Gertha Foss died after a long battle of being sick.  Wesley re-married soon after to Bobbi Tidwell on July 15, 2006.  After a brief bound of sickness and heart problems Wesley E Foss died at his home in Mulberry on December 18, 2012.

Obituary of Wesley Ernest Foss
copied from the Hopewell Funeral Home website

FOSS, Wesley E., 87, of Mulberry, entered into eternal rest on December 18, 2012. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy having served in WWII, and a member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Lithia. He retired from National Airlines, and enjoyed farming, beekeeping, and nature. He was preceded in death by his wife Gertha Mae Foss. He is survived by his wife Bobbie Tidwell Foss; children LaDonna Cofield (Bruce), Eddie Tidwell, and Melanie Fielding; siblings Eloise Foss of Richland, Michigan, Ronald Foss (Jean) of Lowell, Michigan, Donald Foss of Richland, Michigan, and Lyle Foss (Rosalie) of Plant City; and many loving grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, December 21 at 3:00 P.M. at Hopewell Funeral Home, 6005 CR 39 S, Plant City, where the family will receive friends beginning at 2:00 P.M. Private interment at Garden of Memories, Tampa. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to LifePath Hospice, 12973 Telecom Parkway, Suite 100, Temple Terrace, Florida 33637. Special thanks for the care provided by Good Shepherd Hospice Lavender Team, and the SCIC and Palliative Care of Lakeland Regional Hospital. Expressions of condolence at www.hopewellfuneral.com.