Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Fox, Seymour E. January 2, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Jan. 6, 2010
Seymour E. Fox, 87, of Lexington, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at Plum Creek 
Care Center in Lexington. 

Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. at St. 
Ann’s Catholic Church in Lexington with the Rev. Paul Colling officiating.   
Burial will be in the St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery at Eddyville at 1:00 
p.m.  
 
Visitation will be held Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 from 5-7 p.m. at Reynolds-Love 
Funeral Home in Lexington with Rosary to follow at 7:00 p.m., also at the 
funeral home.  

Seymour was born March 3, 1922, on a farmstead south of Overton to Charles and 
Edna (Deyo) Fox.  
 
He attended grade school south of Overton, West 12, until moving north of 
Overton.  He then attended District No. 77 for a year before moving between 
Elm Creek and Overton, at that time, he attended East 12. 
  
His father died in October of 1930, leaving five boys for his mother to 
raise.  In 1933, they moved to Lexington living just south of the railroad on 
the west edge and began attending Lexington Public Schools.   

In March 1936, they moved to Sumner when he was in the eighth grade.  He 
graduated from Sumner High School in 1940.  Immediately after graduating from 
high school, he attended trade school in Bellevue for an 11-month program, 
never going home once.  After trade school, he moved back to Sumner and did 
several jobs; working for farmers, running the elevator, building bridges, 
even driving a truck for a year. 
   
On Nov. 3, 1949, he married Rose Cunningham at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church 
in Eddyville and joined the Catholic Church.  After their marriage they moved 
to Kearney and he worked as a mechanic for Nelson Motors.  Exactly one year 
later, Nov. 3, 1950, they moved to Lexington where he worked for Dawson County 
Motors for 11 years.  
 
Seymour began selling insurance part-time in 1955, and then full-time in 
1961.  He sold life insurance for American Mutual Life Insurance Company until 
he was 75.  He also sold other kinds of insurance to service his customers, 
but really enjoyed the life insurance. 
  
His hobbies included fishing, hunting, dancing, taking care of calves, playing 
cards and painting.   

Seymour was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church, a lifetime member of the 
Knights of Columbus and Central Life Underwriters.  
  
Survivors include two daughters, Teresa (Michael) Saathoff of Miller, Peggy 
(Gus) Hernandez and husband Gus of San Antonio, Texas; five grandchildren, 
Andrew, Megan and Jacob Saathoff of Miller, Gregory (Becky) Hernandez of San 
Antonio, Texas and Petra Hernandez of San Antonio, Texas; one great-grandson, 
Caleb Hernandez of San Antonio, Texas and several nieces, nephews, sisters-in-
law and friends. 
  
Seymour was preceded in death by his wife, Rose, on Nov. 7, 2006; his parents, 
Charles in October of 1930, and his mother in March of 1962; four brothers, 
Clarence Shipley in 1962, Virgil Shipley in 1965, Delbert Shipley in 1980 and 
Charles Fox, Jr. in 1990, as well as a sister, Eunice Shipley who died in 
childhood.   

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