ROBERT WAYNE FOSTER, age 69, a resident of Irving, TX for 32 years, died Monday, September 4, 2006 at Life Care Hospital in Dallas. Born July 13, 1937 at Petty, Texas, he was the son of Robert Marvin Foster and Eloise Canida Foster. He grew up in Paris, Texas, attended Richland College and served in the United States Navy during the Korean War on the Boxer war ship. He married Helen Spaulding March 30, 1974 in Hugo, Oklahoma. He was Methodist and had been a member of the Elks Lodge. Employed by the Mailmart, Inc. of Dallas as a printer, he retired in 1995. He loved to watch Westerns, listen to music, fish, camp, and spend time with his pets. His beloved dog, Scotty, will be buried with him. In heaven he will meet up with his other pets who went ahead of him. He had the will to live and was working hard to overcome many health obstacles so he could return to his home and family. Preceded in death by a daughter, Mechele McDonald, his father, a brother, Jimmy Foster, and a sister, Martha Biggs, he is survived by his wife of 32 years, Helen Foster of Irving; his children, Robin Simons, and her husband, Jay, Ricky Wayne Foster, Jan Nunnelley, and her husband, Dewayne, Donna Keenum, and her husband, Craig, Helen Ceraldi, Lucy Ceraldi, Linda Chouffet, Richard Ceraldi, and Marylou Gillen; his mother, Eloise Shannon of Paris; sisters, Sherry Williams of Powderly and Marie Allen of Blossom; 20 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 6:00 8:00 p.m. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 7, 2006, at Donnellys Colonial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving. Pallbearers are Paul Chouffet, Jr., Chris Chouffet, Emmitt Gillaspy, Cody Simons, J.R. Simons, and Brandon McDonald. Honorary Pallbearer is Jay Simons. Memorials may be made to the American Kidney Foundation, 2223 S. Buckner Blvd., Dallas, TX 75227.