Uncle Paul. . . . . .

Paul Calvin Foos
(August 14, 1930 - August 19, 2013)

Paul Calvin Foos, age 83, passed away on August 19, 2013 at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas. He was born on August 14, 1930 on the family farm near Bazine, Kansas the son of Philip J. and Mary Isheim Foos. 

Paul was a lifetime resident of Bazine, a farmer and a stockman. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, Bazine, American Angus Association, the Garden City Experiment Station Board, and the Kansas Livestock Association. He was a former president of the Ness County Hospital Board and Foundation and former president of the USD 304 School Board. In 1967 he received the Soil Conservation Award.

On August 15, 1950 he married Shirley Johnson in Ness City, Kansas. She survives. Paul is also survived by his three sons, Kenneth and Janice Foos, Hays, Steve and Jackie Foos, Ness City, and Kevin and Sonya Foos, Bazine; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter; sister-in-law, Sharon Whipple; and a brother-in-law, Ralph Ummel. 

The funeral service will be held at the United Methodist Church, Bazine on Friday, August 23, 2013, 10:30 A.M. with Reverend Jill Chambers presiding. Burial in the Bazine cemetery will follow. Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 21 from noon until 9:00 P.M. and on Thursday from 9:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. with the family present from 7-9 P.M.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Bazine United Methodist Church and the Ness County Hospital Foundation.