Kenneth Eagleton Foster

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Kenneth Eagleton Foster

Birth
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
Death
30 Aug 1964 (aged 61)
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Kenneth Eagleton Foster was appointed to the position of curator of the Museum of Navaho Ceremonial Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1954. In 1958, he was appointed to the position of director of the museum. He held the position until August, 1964, when he died suddenly of a heart attack in Santa Fe. He was the author of "Navaho Sandpaintings" published by Navaholand Publications in May 1964, and "A Handbook of Chinese Bronzes", published in 1949.

Services for Dr. Kenneth Foster, 61, of Santa Fe, N.M., a former Danville resident who died Sunday at his home of a heart attack, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Berhalter Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday.

Dr. Foster was a world authority on Oriental and Navajo art. He had served as director of the Navajo Museum of Ceremonial Arts at Santa Fe the past several years and had made lecture tours throughout the world. He was a native of Danville.
Kenneth Eagleton Foster was appointed to the position of curator of the Museum of Navaho Ceremonial Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1954. In 1958, he was appointed to the position of director of the museum. He held the position until August, 1964, when he died suddenly of a heart attack in Santa Fe. He was the author of "Navaho Sandpaintings" published by Navaholand Publications in May 1964, and "A Handbook of Chinese Bronzes", published in 1949.

Services for Dr. Kenneth Foster, 61, of Santa Fe, N.M., a former Danville resident who died Sunday at his home of a heart attack, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Berhalter Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday.

Dr. Foster was a world authority on Oriental and Navajo art. He had served as director of the Navajo Museum of Ceremonial Arts at Santa Fe the past several years and had made lecture tours throughout the world. He was a native of Danville.