ANTONIO FOSTER

March 14, 1972 - September 3, 2014

Antonio â€Å"Boodini†Foster, 42, of Chicago, IL, died Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at South Shore Hospital, Chicago, IL. Visitation will be Saturday, September 13, 2014 from 12:00 P.M. until time of Funeral Services at 2:00 P.M. at Lax Mortuary. Reverend Roosevelt Foster will officiate. Cremation rites will be accorded. Antonio â€Å"Boodini†Foster was born March 14, 1972 in Kankakee, IL to Ervin Lewis Hodges and Patricia Foster-Brown. He was a graduate of Kankakee High School and was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed basketball. Mr. Foster, an author and writer, was united in holy matrimony to Emily Nolan on December 8, 1998. He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Emily Foster of Albuquerque, NM; his mother and stepfather, Patricia Foster-Brown and Maurice Brown of Chicago, IL; one brother, Letares Foster of Chicago, IL; three sisters, Tichanti Foster of Chicago, IL and Twanna and Dwanna Jackson, both of Minneapolis, MN; his paternal grandmother, Margie Hodges of Copperas Cove, TX; his maternal grandmother, Verdell Newell of Chicago, IL; several aunts and uncles, Roosevelt and Debra Foster of Hazel Crest, IL, Regina Foster (William), Victoria and Ronnie Corbett of Sacramento, CA, Vanessa Hodges of Copperas Cove, TX, Arlynn Drew and Charles Hodges, both of Kankakee, IL, Yiddie Hodges of Atlanta, GA, Milton and Bertha Daniels of Jackson, MS, Billy Sanders and Roland Sanders, both of Chicago, IL, Napoleon Sanders of Forrest City, AR, Pat Terrell of Kankakee, IL and Cedric Terrell of Queen Creek, AZ; his sweetheart, Tara Parnell of Kankakee, IL and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his father; one brother, Marcus Foster and his grandfathers, Roosevelt Foster Sr. and Ira Newell.