AFTON – Foster W. Bullis Sr., 80, of Afton, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.
He was born Dec. 30, 1932, son of the late William and Willma (Hoolihan) Bullis in Hancock.
Foster grew up in the Hancock area and later moved to the family farm in Granton.
He married Lavina Evans on Sept. 2, 1956 in Deposit. Foster worked part-time as a school bus driver in Deposit and as a stone cutter. He retired from NYS Corrections Department at Camp Pharsalia in 1991. After he retired, Foster went in to the woods and worked as a logger with his son until his health deteriorated.
Foster was a devoted member of Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Sidney and a member of the Afton Emergency Squad and Fire Department.
Foster is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Lavina Bullis, Afton; a son, Foster W. Bullis, Jr., Afton; grandchildren: William and Ashley Bullis, Texas; grandson Curt Bullis and his wife Diana, Afton; four great grandsons, Afton; granddaughter Briana Marshall, Rome; brother Ritchie Bullis and his wife Dorothy, Harpursville; two sisters, Marilyn Thomas and husband Donald, Windsor and Carolyn Monhey and husband Don, Bainbridge.
Services will be private and at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.
Condolences may be made online at www.landersfh.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel Sidney.