Mrs. Laura Mae Foss, 96, of Morris, passed away Saturday morning, Oct. 20, 2012, at Walnut Grove Healthcare Center in Morris with her loving family by her side.

Born Feb. 20, 1916, in Goose Lake Township, Grundy County, Laura was a daughter of Carl (Otis) and Josephine (Rifflard) Phillips. She received her education at the Thumb School in Wauponsee Township. Her mother passed away when she was 9 yrs. old and she became homemaker for her five siblings, her father and the farm help.

Laura married Gordon Foss on Sept. 6, 1941, at the First Baptist Church in Morris. They resided for more than 50 years on her father Otis Phillip’s farm in Wauponsee Township, where they operated a dairy and grain farm.