Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Fox, James Oscar 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net March 27, 2014, 3:32 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 25 Nov 2008 James Oscar Fox, aged 82, passed away at the Mid-Michigan Hospice House on Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. He was born on August 2, 1926 to the late Oscar and Cornelia (Simon) Fox in Pewamo, Michigan. He graduated from Portland Public High School and was hired into Oldsmobile on January 24, 1950 and worked for 37 years retiring on March 1, 1987. He enjoyed antique tractor shows, gardening, reading and after retirement he became interested in fishing. Surviving are his wife Josephine (Theis) Fox, whom he married on June 17, 1957; son Robert (Sharon Rademacher) Fox; granddaughters Michelle and Emilee; sisters, Connie Owen and MaryAnn Thelen, both of Portland and Wilma (Dan) Feather of Hastings; brother-in-law, Ed (JoAnn) Theis of Portland; sisters-in-law, Christine Smith and Rose Kolp of Westphalia and Catherine (Gerald) Haeck of Grand Ledge and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his son, Richard Fox. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with Rev. Larry King presiding. Right of Committal will follow at Portland Cemetery. The family will receive friends 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Tuesday at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Homes, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland. The Rosary will be prayed at 3 p.m., and a Scriptural Wake Service will be held at 8 p.m. For those wishing, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Patrick Boiler Fund or Hospice House of Mid-Michigan, 1210 West Saginaw St., Lansing, MI 48915 in memory of Mr. Fox. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/f/fox24187nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb