Foster W. Orr

Foster William Orr

OGDEN a€" Foster William "Bill" Orr, 92, passed away Saturday morning, September 22, 2007. Born in a taxi cab in New York City in 1915, Bill lived an adventurous life with exciting jobs that took him throughout the world. As a young boy he worked at Coney Island and drove himself home at night even though he didn''t yet have a driver''s license; he worked at Radio City, the Biltmore Hotel, and was a chauffeur for Malcolm Forbes. During retirement he drove a Good Humor ice cream truck, worked at Dairy Queen, and took college courses including an automotive class. His most highly regarded career was that of his work in the Army; he retired a Lt Colonel after serving in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.

Bill married Barbara Dorathea Frank in Mineral Wells, Texas, on October 4, 1944. She followed him around the world and back as the Army took their family to Europe, Japan, throughout the United States and to the artic testboard in the Alaska territory before it became a state.

Bill was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara, and survived by his four children: daughter Bobbie Orr Clayton of Dallas, TX; daughter Janice Orr Hoover and her husband, Floyd, of Baton Rouge, LA; daughter Patricia Orr of Ogden, UT; and son Steve Orr and his wife, Cami, of Ogden, UT. Also surviving are six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Bill''s last travel came earlier this year when he and his youngest daughter, Patricia, moved to Ogden, UT, from Baton Rouge, LA, where they previously lived with his middle daughter, Janice, and her husband for eight years. Bill had known he was in his last days and wanted to spend them close to his son, Steve, and grandsons, Andrew and Tom, who are in Ogden.

With vigor and energy, Bill lived his life to the fullest. He was quite active and in relatively good health and physical condition. He sometimes referred to other elderly as young whipper-snappers as he outlived all of his friends. He drove until a year before his death, kept a garden, fed the birds regularly, and traveled often to vacation and meet up with friends and family. Bill, you will be missed, but your enthusiasm for life lives on.

Cremation under the direction of Lindquist''s Crematory.

Funeral Directors, Lindquist''s Ogden Mortuary.

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