Foster H. "BUD" Tolliver

November 30, 1921 - February 3, 2012

FOSTER H. “BUD” TOLLIVER NEW HARMONY, INDIANA Foster “Bud” Tolliver, 90, formerly of New Harmony, Indiana, died February 3, 2012 at the Mt Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Bud was born in New Harmony, Indiana on November 30, 1921 to Foster H. and Ophia Owens Tolliver. He graduated from Poseyville High School in 1939. He was a Navy veteran serving in WW II, with the 44th U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, stationed one year in the New Hebrides and one year in the Admiralty Islands. He was honorably discharged and awarded a Pacific ribbon with one star, and a rating of EM1C. (Electricians Mate 1st Class). He married his wife, Virginia Moore Tolliver, on February 14, 1942. The two owned and operated an Electrical service in New Harmony, which evolved into an Appliance, TV and eventually a Hardware store. They retired after 44 years in 1986. Foster was the President of the New Harmony Town Council from 1972 through 1975. He was a member of Johnson United Methodist Church, serving on several boards and was a Sunday School Teacher. He was a charter member and a past president of the New Harmony Kiwanis Club, a Past Master of Arctic Masonic Lodge #394, and a fifty-year member of the New Harmony Workingmen’s Institute. During his term as President of the Economic Development Commission, New Harmonie Healthcare was established. He was an original member of the Wabash River Commission, a past president of the New Harmony Parks board, a passionate lover of trees, he was involved in the planting and care of many of New Harmony’s trees along the streets and in the parks, he acquired the first of the New Harmony Elms (2001) and Yellowwood trees (1987). Bud and Virginia moved to the retirement village of Solarbron on March 1, 2006. Shortly after joining the Solarbron Community, Foster was elected President of the Resident’s Council. Bud is survived by his wife: Virginia; a son and daughter in law: Robert and Candice Tolliver of Mt. Vernon, Indiana; grandchildren: Christy and Cody Korb of Evansville, Indiana, Andrew Tolliver and Hayley Tolliver of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, and Tricia Tolliver Sandoval of the U.S. Air Force; a great grandson: Wyatt Korb. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 6, 2012 at Werry Funeral Home, New Harmony Chapel with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery, where the New Harmony American Legion Post 370 will have military graveside services. Friends may call at the funeral home 9:00 a.m. until services time Monday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Johnson United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 515, New Harmony, Indiana 47631.