Født 1 Mar 1917 Wheatland, Clinton County, Iowa, USA
Død 8 Oct 2016 Clarence, Cedar County, Iowa, USA
Roger A. Fox, 99, of Clarence, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016, at the Clarence Nursing Home of congestive heart failure.
Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, October 13, at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial be made to Lowden Rescue of Lowden.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 14, at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton. Burial will be in Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois.
Roger Arnold Fox was born March 1, 1917, in Wheatland the son of Arnold Henry and Mona Evelyn (Thompson) Fox. He attended and graduated from Wheatland High School. He married Dorothy Sarah Gade on May 17, 1943, at what is now the Zion UCC Church in Lowden. Dorothy died September 26, 1994.
Soon after graduating from High School, he started a produce business in his home town serving customers in a wide area. In 1942, he was inducted into the Army and served as a First Lieutenant in the Air Corp at Rackheath Airbase northeast of Norwich, England. He and his crew were responsible for the maintenance and arming of sixteen B-24's aircraft in the European campaign during World War II.
After the war he returned to his produce business, which he closed in the 1950's. From there he worked at Clinton Engines in Maquoketa for a while before being hired as a purchasing agent at the VA Hospital in Iowa City. Later he transferred to the Rock Island Arsenal continuing his career as a purchasing agent until his retirement in 1977. After retirement he became active in woodworking, while maintaining an apple orchard at his home. His pride and joy were his eight great-grandchildren.
He is survived by one daughter, Lynn Fox (Jill Hoover) of West Branch; one son, Mark (Beth) Fox of Lowden; three grandchildren, Ian (Carey) Fox of Cedar Rapids, Carrie (Will) Hobbs of Chicago, IL, and Laura (Andy) Werling of Muscatine; eight great-grand-children, Stella Fox, Zoe Fox, Abigail Fox, Rowan Fox, Arden Werling, Nile Werling, Vivian Hobbs and Alexander Hobbs; one sister-in-law, Beulah Gade of Wheatland; several nephews; and one niece.
He was proceeded in death by his parents, his wife, one sister, Hazel Muller and three brothers-in-law, Kenneth Muller, Fred Gade Jr., and Hubert Gade.
(Fry Funeral Home)
