FOTH, Darlene Rae (Fox) 1925-2004

FOTH, SHEA, FOX

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/15/2009 at 20:00:47

OSAGE, IOWA — Darlene Rae (Fox) Foth, 78 , of Osage, died Thursday (Jan. 29, 2004) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.

Darlene was born Nov. 6, 1925, at Riceville, the daughter of Chauncy and Adeline (Shea) Fox. Darlene graduated from Riceville High School in 1943.

She attended Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Cedar Rapids and graduated as a RN from a three-year nursing program.

Darlene moved to Osage and worked at the Nisson Hospital.

On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1947, Darlene was united in marriage to Thomas W. Foth at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage.

She worked at the University of Iowa Hospitals while Thomas was a student at the University of Iowa.

When they returned to Osage, she worked at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital as an obstetrics and operating room nurse.

Later, Darlene was employ-ed as a school nurse at the Osage Community Schools.

Darlene enjoyed her children and grandchildren. She had a passion for reading and writing. Her favorite Irish comment was “By-De-God”.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage, with the Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating. Interment will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Osage.

Visitation will be from 3:30 to 7 p.m. today at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, where there will be a rosary at 4 p.m.

Darlene will be greatly missed by her family and her husband of 56 years, Thomas Foth of Osage. Her nine children are: Christine Ann Betts and husband, Ron, of Osage, Russell Thomas Foth and wife, Julie, of Cedar Falls, Marjorie Mary Markham and husband, Richard, of Osage, Michael Patrick Foth and wife, Lisa, of Hawaii, Frederick Paul Foth, of Osage, Lawrence James Foth and wife Julie, of Osage, Virginia Margaret Thompson and husband, Dennis, of Osage, Jane LaVern Foth, of Osage, and Anthony Joseph Foth, of Minneapolis; 23 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; one sister, Helen Lynch, of Coralville, and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Donald Fox, and one sister, Mary Victorine.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]