Patricia Ann Foster (Shaw)
April 2, 1953 - August 29, 2022 Vallejo, CA
Missionary Patricia Ann Foster was born on April 2, 1953, to the union of Evangelist Ira Anderson Shaw and Missionary Annie Lee Shaw in Phoenix, AZ. Missionary Foster attended Abraham Lincoln Elementary School and Silvestre Middle School in Arizona. The family moved to Vallejo, CA where she graduated from Hogan High School in 1971.
Missionary Foster attended Bryman College to become a medical assistant. After graduating she worked in various medical offices and urgent care facilities in and around Contra Costa and Solano Counties. She wanted to continue her education within the medical field, so she went back to school to become an Emergency Medical Technician. Later, she worked for Solano Oncology in Vallejo until her retirement in 2019.
Missionary Foster loved the Lord. She dedicated her life after graduating high school at the Antioch Church of God In Christ in Vallejo.
In 1973, while cleaning the church one day she met Minister Leeverdis Foster. They soon married on September 11, 1973. Then they became members of the Bay Point Church of God In Christ where she served faithfully as Y.P.W.W. secretary, Usher Board Member and Sunday School teacher.
The Fosters moved their membership to Trinity Church of God In Christ in Vallejo, until the Lord called Elder Foster to pastor the Church of God of Prophecy in San Francisco and then the St. Elizabeth Church of God In Christ in Vallejo. First Lady Foster served faithfully as the District Missionary of the Rhema District of the Church of God in Christ.
Missionary Foster was preceded in death by her parents, Evangelist Ira Anderson Shaw and Missionary Annie Lee Shaw; brothers, Levi Harris, Nathan Harris, Jimmie Harris Jr., Freddie Harris, Raymond Shaw, David Shaw; and her sister, Maxine Glover.
On August 29, 2022, the Lord called Missionary Foster home. She leaves to cherish her memory her husband of 49 years, Pastor Leeverdis Foster Sr.; and four children, Leeverdis Foster Jr., Phillip William Foster (Mavis), Lashawnda Danella Foster and Lawrence Henry Foster (Cathy); her brothers, Ira Bruce Shaw, Hosea Robert Shaw and McCell Lee Shaw (Nancy). She also leaves behind five grandchildren that she loved dearly, Marcus Artrell Rhodes Jr., Phillip William Foster II, Leeverdis Foster III, Kaiden Luke Foster and Alorah Grace Foster; in addition to a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A viewing will be held on Tuesday, September 20 from 3 to 7 p.m. at Colonial Chapels Mortuary, 1000 Redwood St., Vallejo. Her funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, September 21 at Corinthians COGIC, 1101 Benicia Rd., Vallejo. Burial follows at 12:30 p.m. at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon.