Loma Dell Foster

October 2, 1927 - December 16, 2020

Loma Dell Foster Loma Dell Foster went to meet her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on December 16, 2020 after an extended illness. She was 93. Loma Dell Muckleroy was born on October 2, 1927 to Elmo and Loma (Toland) Muckleroy. Loma Dell grew up in Beeville, Texas and graduated from high school there. She was always a pretty, popular girl with many friends. She inherited both her Mother’s looks and grace. Loma Dell always said that her Mother told her that she was to always be sweet, and she was! She was an only child. Loma Dell attended the University of Texas. She met Ralph Foster, a Navy pilot who hailed from Nashville, Tennessee. The first time they met, he walked up and told her,” I’m going to marry you one day!” On August 29, 1952, they married at the First United Methodist Church in Taft, Texas. The couple resided in Austin and then Bryan-College Station where Ralph attended Texas A&M University received MS and PHD degrees, both with a double major in Industrial Engineering and Computer Science. Loma Dell worked at the University as a secretary. Loma befriended a neighbor there with whom she became lifelong friends. In 1976, Ralph accepted a position to initiate a Computer Science Program at Northeastern University in Tahlequah, OK. The Fosters purchased a large lot a few blocks from the University and built a nice home. Loma Dell continued her skills as a master seamstress, just like her Mother. Both made their own clothes beginning as young girls and both expanded their skills into quilting and other crafts. After her mother passed, Loma Dell began calling herself Loma, (dropping the Dell) though most extended family still called her Loma Dell. Loma was active in craft shows of all types, traveling all over to show her handiwork. Ralph retired in 1996 but was supportive of Loma’s many activities and benefited from her many skills and extensive home decorating. She loved to garden and raise flowers. In 2013, Loma had a heart valve transplant from which she recovered so well that she lived her last years without any medication. She continued gardening, driving and doing her own housekeeping until she was 91. She was an immaculate dresser even into her 90s, still pretty and well groomed. She was a determined, strong-willed lady with a quick wit and great sense of humor. She was always kind, sweet and fun to be around. Ralph became seriously ill in 2011. That made it necessary for them to move into Go Ye Village. Ralph passed in 2011 and Loma continued to reside at Go Ye. Loma had no children but has many distant relatives and friends scattered all over Texas and elsewhere. She always considered Texas her home. She made other good friends at Go Ye Village. They helped her immensely and cared deeply for her as well. She will long be remembered and missed. Burial will be at Fort Gibson Cemetery.