George E. Foye

1919 - 2004  (85 years)

• Name	George E. Foye  [1]
  Birth	15 Apr 1919	New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 May 2004	Oceanside, San Diego, California   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I47722	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2019

  
  

  Family	Esther June Levens,   b. 18 Jun 1921, Rhode Island d. 11 Nov 1997, ..., San Diego, California (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1940  [1, 3]
  Children	1. David Foye   2. Dale Foye   3. Janet Foye   4. Daniel Foye
  Family ID	F23108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  The San Diego Union-Tribune June 3, 2004 Reverend George E. Foye was born April 15, 1919 in New Bedford, Massachusetts and died after a poetry reading on May 23, 2004 in Oceanside, California. George attended Cleveland Bible College, Rocky Mountain College, received a Divinity Degree from Boston University and received a Masters in Counseling from San Diego State University. At the age of twenty-one he married Esther Levens and they had four children David, Dale, Janet and Daniel. They served the Methodist ministry for 42 years at churches from coast to coast including Huntley, Montana; Lunenburg, Massachusetts; Baltimore, Md.; Cleveland, Ohio; Holbrook, Arizona; and in California at Lakewood, Maywood, Rolando, and Thousand Oaks. While serving at Rolando UM Church, George exchange pulpits for a month with a minister in Maidstone, England. George retired in 1984 and with his wife Esther moved to Escondido where they resided for 13 years. Following Esther's death in 1997, George married Reverend Dick Shanor's widow Anna Lou in 1998. Prior to entering the ministry and marrying Esther, George served in the U.S. Army on Oahu. He talked his way into being assigned to care for the officer's polo ponies and jumpers since he had loved horses since a boy. In 1939, he was assigned to accompany the champion jumper of the Hawaiian Islands to Connecticut. George and the horse sailed a freighter to San Francisco, spent a week at the Presidio, and then boarded a railroad car with a special stall built for her. In his retirement, George pursued his many interests including writing poetry, attending poetry workshops, swimming laps, reading, studying many subjects, being involved in activities of Elderhostels, of the First UMC Escondido and the Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Vista. Survivors include his four children with Esther, one stepson from his marriage to Anna Lou, six grandchildren, six step grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, one son-in-law, and three daughters-in-law. Habitat for Humanity.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22723] Descendants of Patience Hascall and John Cory, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index. [S40919] Obituary, The San Diego Union-Tribune, George Emerson Foye, (June 3, 2004).