Born 1890s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Lewis James Foster
and Frances Belle (Slayden) Foster
Sister of
Roy Foster and Evelyn Foster
Descendants 
Mother of
Ken Lay
Died 1980s.
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Biography
Alma was a homemaker with outstanding baking skills and a creative sewing, quilting, and painting abilities. She and her mother made many quilts by hand and often had large gatherings at the family home in Golconda, Illinois. Alma loved to write poetry, draw, paint, play the piano and organ, sing, do creative crafts such as pottery, pine needle baskets, and collect various type of glassware. She was a long time member of Eastern Star (Past Worthy Matron) Chapter #971, and Rosiclare IL Rebekah (Past Noble Grand) Lodge #601(1940's), and the Royal Neighbor, and President of the local Women's Club. Alma had 2 siblings that died in infancy, Roy (1890) and Evelyn (1908). Evelyn is buried next to Ma & Pa (Lewis) Foster in the IOOF Cemetery, Golconda, Pope County, Illinois. Alma is buried next to her husband, J. Coy Lay, in Florida.
Sources
- First Hand information from granddaughter, A. Lay
- Find A Grave #187351478.
- Year: 1900; Census Place: Golconda, Pope, Illinois; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0059; FHL microfilm: 1240336.
- Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- Year: 1920; Census Place: Rosiclare, Hardin, Illinois; Roll: T625_371; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 68
- Original Past Noble Grand Certificate - Jan. 4, 1940 - Alma F. Lay
- Original Past Matron's Credentials Rosiclare, IL Chapter # 971 - Sept. 10, 1935 - Alma Lay.
- Year: 1900; Census Place: Golconda, Pope, Illinois; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0059 Source information: Title: 1900 United States Federal Census
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alma by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alma:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alma by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alma:
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