The Napier police were advised on Wednesday of the sudden death of Mr. Albert Foster, 78, a widower, who resided with his step-son, Mr. R. Ward, of 13 McDonald street, Napier. When he retired on Tuesday, Mr. Foster appeared to be in his usual goods [sic] health, but died apparently while asleep.
R. Ward is Ralph Horsfall Ward who appears in the 1931 New Zealand Electoral in the Napier, Hawke's Bay Supplementary Roll on page 268 at 13 MacDonald Street as a joiner with his wife Mary Louisa.
Source: Papers Past Poverty Bay Herald, 19 September 1931, Page 4