Max Ann Foster, age 89, of Monett, Missouri, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 20, 2022.  The daughter of Harold Max Viault and Gertrude Evans Darby, Max Ann was born on June 3, 1933, in Los Angeles, California.  She graduated from Marymount School for girls and had her coming out party at the National Charity League Debutante Ball.  Max Ann had a short acting career for Paramount Pictures as a "dress" extra in seven different movies, providing her own gowns and furs.

In June of 1956, she was united in marriage to William (Bill) Foster, making many lasting memories in the fifty-seven years together; he passed away in 2013.  Max Ann enjoyed helping others and would volunteer countless hours in her community from being a candy striper in Dallas, dance groups, quilt guilds, and the Shell Knob Chamber of Commerce.

Survivors include her three children, Kimberly Schonefeld and her husband Larry, of Orlando, Florida, Melissa Graham and her husband Charles, of Shell Knob, and Harold William Foster and his wife Teresa, of Lakeland, Florida; five grandchildren, Matthew William Myers, Garrett Daniel Graham, Spencer William Graham and his wife Abby-Leigh, Emma Foster, and Hayden William Foster; great-granddaughter, Harlow Poppy Graham; and three step-grandchildren, Jessica Ann Schonefeld, Megan Marie Schonefeld, and Jordan Caraker.

In addition to her parents, Max Ann was preceded in death by her daughter, Gertrude Mary Foster; three brothers, Wayne Evans Viault, Harold Max Viault and Jack Dudley Viault.

No services are scheduled at this time.

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of White Funeral Home and Crematory, Cassville, Missouri.