Foster said that before he launched the two newspapers in 2008, his wife worked at their predecessors, the Germantown Courier and the Mount Airy Express, as a proofreader and advertising sales representative.
Cora Christina Blackley was born on Dec. 23, 1936, in Newtown Square. She graduated from Marple Newtown High School in 1954.
In the late 1950s, she married Harry Warfield of Newtown Square. They divorced in the 1970s.
She and Foster were married in 1982. Ms. Warfield, after taking night classes for six years while working days, earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from St. Joseph's University in 1984.
From 1984 to 1994, Ms. Warfield was an office manager for Videojet, a maker of bar code equipment for retailers in Mount Laurel.
A lifelong tennis player and an avid gardener, she also enjoyed aerobics and home decorating, said Foster.
In addition to her husband. Ms. Warfield is survived by a sister.
A viewing is scheduled for 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Kirk & Nice Funeral Home, 80 Stenton Ave., Plymouth Meeting. A funeral is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Hillside Cemetery, Roslyn.
Contact Vernon Clark at 215-854-5717 or vclark@phillynews.com.
