Benna Dean Foster

Benna Dean Foster Benna Dean Foster was born Nov. 29, 1931, in Deming, N.M., to Benwood and Kathleen Marcella Riddle. She passed away on March 18, 2021, in Phoenix. She married Carlos Foster on June 26, 1951. Visitation for Benna will be from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Monday, March 29, at Winslow Funeral Home, located at 1505 W. Third St., with a graveside service at 1 p.m. at Desert View Cemetery. Benna was a graduate of Dexter Public High School and attended Eastern New Mexico College. She was a secretary to the president of the bank in Roswell, N.M., a devoted wife, mother and lifelong home keeper. She loved music, was an accomplished pianist and organist playing at churches and various gatherings, church secretary and sang in the church choir for many years. Later on, she helped in her son’s stores as a bookkeeper and cashier. Always an active person, she enjoyed family outdoor activities with family and friends. She is survived by three sons, Randall (Rhonda) Foster, Benwood (DeLeslie) Foster and Clifton (Norbert) Foster; two daughters, Carla (James) Polston and Ilene Ochoa; brother, James Field; and 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carlos Foster; her parents; and grandson, Bryant Dean Mattox. Greer’s Mortuary of Winslow handled the arrangements.