Zoe Foster (nee Reekie) passed away peacefully in her 96th year at Errinrung Long Term Care Home in Thornbury on Monday, April 8, 2024, the day of the solar eclipse.

Born to David and Elsie (nee Heslip) Reekie on June 17, 1927 and raised in Collingwood Township.
Zoe is predeceased by her first husband Douglas Kerr Foster in 1994 and her second husband Ronald Hodgkinson in 2020.

Survived by her loving children; Ron (Sharon) Foster, Mary Lou (Wayne) Filsinger, Patricia Oldfield, Dave Foster, Lisa (David) Astill. Predeceased by her son Robert in 1956 and son-in-law Dale Oldfield in 2013.
Loving grandmother of Jody Foster (late Joe Scott), Scott (April) Foster, David (Ying Wei) and Paul (Michelle) Filsinger, Lyndsay (Chris) Wonch, Jacelyn Oldfield, Zoe Astill and Noah Astill.
Adoring great-grandmother to Lauryn Scott; Christopher, Thomas, Alexander and Reegan Filsinger; Brayden, McKlain, Reed & Kylie Wonch and Rylee & Hunter Oldfield.
She will be remembered fondly by her sister Ann McKean (late Andrew), and was predeceased by her brothers Kenneth, Donald, and Robert and by her sisters Isobel and Elsie.

Zoe attended Sandhill Public School and upon graduation worked for Bell Telephone. She worked for many years at the Thornbury Pharmacy as an assistant and always had a big smile and warm greeting for friends and customers. Zoe was kindhearted and very young at heart. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, they were all very special to her. Zoe always took the time to chat with them and find out what was going on in their world. She never missed a special occasion, a birthday or Christmas. Zoe was a faithful member of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, and she adored her church family.

A special thank you to the staff at Errinrung Long Term Care for their kindness, care and compassion shown to Zoe and her family. Thank you to Dr. Sauriol for her many years of care when needed. Thank you to Shirley Foster who gave her time and love so selflessly to make the end of Zoe’s life more comfortable.
We will miss our mother and grandmother immensely but there is peace knowing it was her time to go.

“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne

A private service of committal and interment will take place at Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery.
As your expression of sympathy, donations to the Meaford Hospital Foundation or St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Thornbury would be appreciated and may be made through the Ferguson Funeral Home, 48 Boucher St. E., Meaford, ON N4L 1B9 to whom arrangements have been entrusted.