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September 24, 1987
Sapulpa Herald
Creek Co. OK

WILLIAM E. FOSTER

JENNINGS — William Edward Foster, 58, died Friday at his residence.

Services are scheduled for 2 pm Monday at the Silver City Freewill Baptist Church.

Burial will be at Brook Cemetery in Silver City under the direction of Peck Funeral Home in Oilton.

He was born Aug 1?, 1930, and married Wanda Rohwer on Sept 5, 1959.

Mr. Foster had been chairman of the National Indian Gaming Association since April 1988. He also served as chairman of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association from September 1986 to December 1988, was appointed Commissioner of Gaming for the Creek nation by Creek Nation Chief Claude Cox and confirmed to the position in May 1984.

He served as a Creek Nation Supreme Court Judge from November 1981 through June 1984, Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor from November 1975 to October 1979 and was district 69 State Representative in 1972-74.

Survivors include wife Wanda; sons Eric Foster of Fort Worth, Texas, and Eddie Foster of Sapulpa; daughter Cindy Mann of Tulsa; brother Homer Foster, and seven grandchildren.