OBITUARY: Margaret Marie Arens Fox (1913-2001), Mitchell County, Iowa

[Mitchell County Press online  mcpress.com     May 15, 2001 ]


                       Margaret Marie (Arens) Fox

Funeral services were held Monday, May 14, 2001 at Immaculate Conception
Church, Riceville, for Margaret Fox, age 88, of Riceville. Rev. Ray Atwood
officiated and graveside services were held at Calvary Cemetery, Riceville.
She died Thursday, May 10, 2001 at Riceville Community Rest Home.

Margaret Marie Arens was born March 18, 1913 in Remsen the daughter of
Nicholas and Margaret (Bauer) Arens. She attended school in Marshall, MN.
Before her marriage, Margaret lived and worked in California for a few
years. In 1941, she moved to Minnesota and worked in a defense plant at
the start of World War II.

On Oct. 9, 1942, Margaret was united in marriage to Leonard J. Fox in
St. Paul, MN. Shortly thereafter, the couple moved to a farm two miles
west and two miles south of Riceville and two years later moved to the
farm they called home five and one miles south of Riceville. In 1983,
they moved into Riceville and Margaret lived there until she entered the
Riceville Community Rest Home in March of 2001.

She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church and its Altar and Rosary
Society and enjoyed painting and gardening.

Preceding her in death were her parents; a daughter, Kathryn Foster; a
grandson, Wade Foster; a brother, Clarence Arens; and a sister, Lillian
Arens in infancy.

Those that survive her include her husband, Leonard; children and spouses,
Dennis and wife JoAnn of Rochester, MN, Diane and husband Orville Engelhardt
of Humble, Texas, Bernard of Dubuque, Marilyn and husband Ron Reis of Lime
Springs, Duane and wife Jill of Kansas City, MO, Peter J. and wife Jolene
of Forest City, Richard of Riceville, Patricia J. Fox of Chanhassen, MN and
Greg and wife Becky of Riceville; 28 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren
and four step-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Evelyn Larson of Maplewood,
MN, Catherine Blaeser of Pequot Lakes, MN, Mildred Lanoue of Waubun, MN and
Irene Olchefski of Fridley, MN.



Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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