Dr. W.B. Foster
Dr. W.B. Foster came as a young man, grew up with Woodbine, and spent
the rest of his life here. His first office was in the drug store owned and
operated by a pharmacist, Sam Robinson and stood five doors south in the
block south of the bank. Later his office was in the back of the Woodbine
Stte Bank building on the east side of the street. He built the present
post office building for his office and still later had his office in his
home - the present home of the Bob Krause family.
Dr. Foster served his town and community in many ways. He was on the
school board, may and council man. He was also a Mason, an Odd Fellow and
belonged to the Occidental Lodge in Woodbine.
Dr. Foster liked to read. He was not much of a talker, so when delivering
a baby he would sit and read and let nature take its course.
Dr. Foster also had other opinions. He was very much opposed to the
building of the community building and wrote an article for the newspaper and
circulated petitions against the city council.
The building was built.
Dr. Foster and Carrie B. Nacdtrieb were married in 1892 and came to
Woodbine. She was the daughter of Charles Nacdtrieb of Buffalo, New York,
born November 23, 1861. The family moved to Galena, Ohio in 1865. She
married John Berger there and they had one son, Norwood. As a widow, she
moved to Derby, Kansas and came from there to Woodbine. She passed away
November 6, 1915 and is buried in the family lot in Derby. She had two sisters
and two brothers. She was well loved by many friends. They had no children.
Dr. Foster worked at developing perpetual motion for many years. He
suffered a heart attack November 11 and a niece of Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Guy
Fuller, from Oklahoma City came to care for him until his death December 9,
1936. His body was cremated and the ashes spread in the yard around his home
as requested of Chas. W. Hiebert. Norwood and Laura Shank bought the house
and sold it to Caroline Poland when they moved to Herington. Bob Krause now
owns the property.
Source: Woodbine, Kansas Centennial, 1887 - 1987,
Woodbine through the years pg. 76
Taken from Historical Records