Julie I. Foster

Julie I. Foster, 49, wife of Craig R. Foster, MD, of Ridgefield, died unexpectedly on May 11.

She was born in Billings, Mont., June 4, 1955, daughter of Robert H. Asher of Denver, Colo., and the late Sheila (Dunstan) Asher.

Mrs Foster graduated magnum cum laude from Central Connecticut State University and from Western New England Law School and earned her MBA from the University of Connecticut. For many years she practiced law with the firm of Jowdy & Jowdy in Danbury and for the past ten years was in private practice at her home in Ridgefield, where she remained an integral part of the Danbury Bar Association. In 1997, she received the Danbury Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award for her achievements in child advocacy. Mrs Foster was a great help to many families in Newtown.

In addition to her husband she is survived by three children, Cheryl, Matthew, and Mark. She is also survived by her father, Robert Asher and her brother, Michael H. Asher and his wife, Carolyn, and their sons, Nicholas and Peter; her mother-in-law, Eleanor Foster; her brothers-in-law, Bradley Foster and Robert Foster and his wife, Betty, and their children, Christine and Tara.

Funeral Services were held at the Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church in Ridgefield on May 16. Burial followed at Hillside Cemetery in Wilton.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Danbury Hospital Development Fund, 24 Hospital Avenue, Danbury CT 06810.

Green Funeral Home, 57 Main Street, Danbury, was in charge of arrangements.

The Newtown Bee        May 20, 2005