COLUMBIA – Due to a family illness, a funeral service for Frances “Sue” Catherine Odom Stermer Timmerman Foster, 88, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 5, 2018 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial in the Schultz-Odom family plot in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Foster died Saturday, January 27, 2018. Born June 28, 1929 in Columbia, SC, she was a daughter of the late Willis Clyde Odom and Lila Schultz Odom. She graduated from Columbia High School in 1946. She married Lee R. Stermer in 1950 and traveled the world as a military spouse. She worked for the FAA for many years then moved back to Columbia, where she worked for the South Carolina Arts Commission until retiring. Three years ago Sue met and later married James Foster. They were fortunate to have found love late in life, though only for a short time.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her two daughters, Susan Lee Butler and Cheryl Cooke; three grandchildren, David and Adam McConnell and Anna Lee Butler Henry; and four great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by one sister, Margaret Odom Kelley and two brothers, Willis Clyde (Buddy) Odom and Charles Odom.
Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunerals.com.
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