Fox, Retta M. 1909-1995

FOX, BOSCOE, METCALF

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/2/2008 at 19:51:51

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Retta Mary Fox, 86, of Quimby
MAIDEN NAME (if applicable):
CAUSE OF DEATH: died following a lengthy illness
DATE of DEATH: Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1995
PLACE of DEATH: at Sioux Valley Medical Center, Cherokee, Iowa
DATE of BIRTH: Aug. 13, 1909
PLACE of BIRTH: Kingsley, Iowa
PARENTS: daughter of William and Mary Jane (Metcalf) Boscoe
SPOUSE & DATE of MARRIAGE: Harold Fox, Sept. 13, 1930
PLACE OF MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: The couple moved to Quimby in 1942. She was a sales representative for Fuller Brush and Avon and sold advertising for Simonsen’s.
SURVIVORS: include two sons and their wives, Robert and Joan of Cherokee and Ronald and Mary Ellen of Quimby; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one niece.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: Her husband died Jan. 28, 1980. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Elva Risiling and a brother, Earl Boscoe.
PLACE of BURIAL: Quimby Cemetery
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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