Tuesday, November 19, 2019 5:41 am

ROCHESTER - Edward "Tom" Foster, 82, of Dodge Street, died Friday, November 15, 2019 at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital after a brief illness. He was born January 27, 1937 in Rochester, the son of Telesphore and Lena (Dugas) Foster.
Tom was the husband of Dorothy Irene Foster (Richard). They were married in 1960 enjoying 59 years of marriage. He worked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as a Progressman. He enjoyed being with family and was an avid outdoorsman. Tom was a member of the Rochester Lodge Elks.
He leaves behind his daughter, Diane Marie Gallant, Lee; granddaughter and her husband, Laura and Connor Benton, Salem, Mass.; grandson, Christopher Gallant, Durham; sisters, Beverly Nelson, North Port, Fla., Veronica Libby, Rachel Chadbourne both of Rochester.