Mildred E. Sampson Fox 1917-1999

FOX, SAMPSON, HANSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/19/2012 at 22:13:55

Funeral services for Mildred E. Fox, 82, of Estherville will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, Nov 24 at the Estherville Lutheran Church with Pastor Jack Petersen and Pastor Arlyn Norris officiating. Interment will be held at East Side Cemetery in Estherville. She died on November 21, 1999 at Avera Holy Family Hospital in Estherville.

Visitation will be held today from 5-8 p.m. at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville.

She was born on May 4, 1917 in Estherville the daughter of Ben and Clara (Hanson) Sampson.

She received her education in Estherville, graduating from Estherville High School.

On July 2, 1936 she was united in marriage to Robert F. Fox in Estherville. Robert died in 1953. She lived her entire life in Estherville and she owned and operated the Majestic Cafe for over 20 years. She was a member of the Estherville Lutheran Church.

She is survived by two sons, Robert Fox, Jr. and wife Jackie of Spirit Lake and Benjamin Fox and wife Shirley of Minneapolis, Minn.; five grand-children; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Roy Sampson of Des Moines and special caregivers, Jim and Naomi Fox of Estherville.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert; five brothers and three sisters.