FOX-Thurman Eugene Fox, Finishing his turn on earth, Thurman Eugene Fox peacefully passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at the Kingman Regional Hospital, Kingman, Arizona, as a result of cancer and kidney failure.
Gene was born March 23, 1928 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma to William Thurman and Ola Della Tollison Fox, the second of five children.
Preceding him in death were his loving wife Mary Lou Epple Fox; son Phillip Lee Fox; his sister Kathleen Lucille Fox Coley Holler, and grandson David Roosa/Linn. Gene leaves behind two sisters and a brother: Helen Marie Fox Box, Barbara Lee Wynona Fox Goodwin and Donnie LeWayne Fox.
Gene will always be an inspiration to his large posterity, including four living children: Thuresa Gene Fox Latey of Bellevue, Nebraska; Shirley Louise Fox Roosa Linn of Apple Valley, California; Gary Steven Fox of Amarillo, Texas; and William Owen Fox of Las Vegas, Nevada; and two stepsons Joe Sameh of Hesperia, California and John Robert Sameh of Porterville, California through his second marriage to Lyla Marie Lovett Sameh Fox Daugherty; seventeen grandchildren and thirty-four great-grandchildren, and very close and valued friends, Scott and Lyla Daugherty of Kingman, Arizona.
Gene is a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in Japan at the close of World War II. He worked as a TV repair technician for many years in the San Gabriel Valley area of southern California and in his later years worked for the San Bernardino County School District at Apple Valley Senior High School as custodian. He was a man of courage and conviction, valiant in the cause of good, a loving and devoted father, and a great and good friend. His gentle kindness, twinkle in the eye and bright smile will be missed by many.
He will be laid to rest beside his first wife Mary Lou, they are together again, and forever. Graveside services will be held 10:00 A.M., Friday, September 25, 2009 at Victor Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, 17150 C Street, Victorville, CA 9 2395-3330, (760)-245-8164.
Source: The Sun - San Bernardino and the Inland Empire
Gene was born March 23, 1928 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma to William Thurman and Ola Della Tollison Fox, the second of five children.
Preceding him in death were his loving wife Mary Lou Epple Fox; son Phillip Lee Fox; his sister Kathleen Lucille Fox Coley Holler, and grandson David Roosa/Linn. Gene leaves behind two sisters and a brother: Helen Marie Fox Box, Barbara Lee Wynona Fox Goodwin and Donnie LeWayne Fox.
Gene will always be an inspiration to his large posterity, including four living children: Thuresa Gene Fox Latey of Bellevue, Nebraska; Shirley Louise Fox Roosa Linn of Apple Valley, California; Gary Steven Fox of Amarillo, Texas; and William Owen Fox of Las Vegas, Nevada; and two stepsons Joe Sameh of Hesperia, California and John Robert Sameh of Porterville, California through his second marriage to Lyla Marie Lovett Sameh Fox Daugherty; seventeen grandchildren and thirty-four great-grandchildren, and very close and valued friends, Scott and Lyla Daugherty of Kingman, Arizona.
Gene is a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in Japan at the close of World War II. He worked as a TV repair technician for many years in the San Gabriel Valley area of southern California and in his later years worked for the San Bernardino County School District at Apple Valley Senior High School as custodian. He was a man of courage and conviction, valiant in the cause of good, a loving and devoted father, and a great and good friend. His gentle kindness, twinkle in the eye and bright smile will be missed by many.
He will be laid to rest beside his first wife Mary Lou, they are together again, and forever. Graveside services will be held 10:00 A.M., Friday, September 25, 2009 at Victor Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, 17150 C Street, Victorville, CA 9 2395-3330, (760)-245-8164.
Source: The Sun - San Bernardino and the Inland Empire
FOX-Thurman Eugene Fox, Finishing his turn on earth, Thurman Eugene Fox peacefully passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at the Kingman Regional Hospital, Kingman, Arizona, as a result of cancer and kidney failure.
Gene was born March 23, 1928 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma to William Thurman and Ola Della Tollison Fox, the second of five children.
Preceding him in death were his loving wife Mary Lou Epple Fox; son Phillip Lee Fox; his sister Kathleen Lucille Fox Coley Holler, and grandson David Roosa/Linn. Gene leaves behind two sisters and a brother: Helen Marie Fox Box, Barbara Lee Wynona Fox Goodwin and Donnie LeWayne Fox.
Gene will always be an inspiration to his large posterity, including four living children: Thuresa Gene Fox Latey of Bellevue, Nebraska; Shirley Louise Fox Roosa Linn of Apple Valley, California; Gary Steven Fox of Amarillo, Texas; and William Owen Fox of Las Vegas, Nevada; and two stepsons Joe Sameh of Hesperia, California and John Robert Sameh of Porterville, California through his second marriage to Lyla Marie Lovett Sameh Fox Daugherty; seventeen grandchildren and thirty-four great-grandchildren, and very close and valued friends, Scott and Lyla Daugherty of Kingman, Arizona.
Gene is a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in Japan at the close of World War II. He worked as a TV repair technician for many years in the San Gabriel Valley area of southern California and in his later years worked for the San Bernardino County School District at Apple Valley Senior High School as custodian. He was a man of courage and conviction, valiant in the cause of good, a loving and devoted father, and a great and good friend. His gentle kindness, twinkle in the eye and bright smile will be missed by many.
He will be laid to rest beside his first wife Mary Lou, they are together again, and forever. Graveside services will be held 10:00 A.M., Friday, September 25, 2009 at Victor Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, 17150 C Street, Victorville, CA 9 2395-3330, (760)-245-8164.
Source: The Sun - San Bernardino and the Inland Empire
Gene was born March 23, 1928 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma to William Thurman and Ola Della Tollison Fox, the second of five children.
Preceding him in death were his loving wife Mary Lou Epple Fox; son Phillip Lee Fox; his sister Kathleen Lucille Fox Coley Holler, and grandson David Roosa/Linn. Gene leaves behind two sisters and a brother: Helen Marie Fox Box, Barbara Lee Wynona Fox Goodwin and Donnie LeWayne Fox.
Gene will always be an inspiration to his large posterity, including four living children: Thuresa Gene Fox Latey of Bellevue, Nebraska; Shirley Louise Fox Roosa Linn of Apple Valley, California; Gary Steven Fox of Amarillo, Texas; and William Owen Fox of Las Vegas, Nevada; and two stepsons Joe Sameh of Hesperia, California and John Robert Sameh of Porterville, California through his second marriage to Lyla Marie Lovett Sameh Fox Daugherty; seventeen grandchildren and thirty-four great-grandchildren, and very close and valued friends, Scott and Lyla Daugherty of Kingman, Arizona.
Gene is a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in Japan at the close of World War II. He worked as a TV repair technician for many years in the San Gabriel Valley area of southern California and in his later years worked for the San Bernardino County School District at Apple Valley Senior High School as custodian. He was a man of courage and conviction, valiant in the cause of good, a loving and devoted father, and a great and good friend. His gentle kindness, twinkle in the eye and bright smile will be missed by many.
He will be laid to rest beside his first wife Mary Lou, they are together again, and forever. Graveside services will be held 10:00 A.M., Friday, September 25, 2009 at Victor Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, 17150 C Street, Victorville, CA 9 2395-3330, (760)-245-8164.
Source: The Sun - San Bernardino and the Inland Empire
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