Fern Fox (1908-2005)

FOX, BAPPE, MARQUART, EVANS, WILLIAMS, CAMPBELL, CERIZO

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 12/15/2005 at 18:15:16

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, December 15, 2005.

Fern M. Fox, 97, of Wall Lake and formerly of Odebolt, died Thursday, Dec. 8, at Twilight Acres Nursing Home in Wall Lake.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at United Methodist Church in Odebolt, under the direction of Christensen-Huffman Funeral Homes. The Rev. Kathy Spracklin will officiate. Burial will be at a later date.

Fern Minnie Bappe was born March 1, 1908, in Moville to George and Minnie (Marquart) Bappe. Her father was a farmer and later a barber, and her mother was a school teacher. The family moved to Ames in 1914. She graduated from Ames High School and Iowa State Teachers College, and later earned a bachelor of science degree from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake. She taught in elementary schools at Gowrie, Perry, Odebolt, Arthur, Lake View and Auburn.

She married Paul Fox Feb. 25, 1934, at Fort Scott, Kan. The couple lived on several farms in Clinton Township before moving in 1946 to the Fox family farm four miles east of Odebolt. He died in 1989 after a lifetime of farming.

She enjoyed baking, gardening, traveling, reading and visiting friends and family. She wrote several children's books and short stories after retiring from teaching, including "Of Mice and a Monster," "Skip in Alaska" and "The Story of Trees." She was a member of United Methodist Church in Odebolt, Eastern Star and Tuesday Club.

She is survived by her two children and their spouses, Dorothy (Robert) Evans and Marshall (Carolyn) Fox, all of Odebolt; three grandchildren, Rachel Evans of Storm Lake, Matt (Deb) Evans of Omaha, Neb., and Emily (Alan) Williams of Elko, Minn.; two stepgrandchildren, Jill Campbell of Indianapolis and DeeJay Campbell of Odebolt; seven great-grandchildren, Madison, Sydney and Devin Cerizo, Brandt, Braedan and Brenna Evans, and Riley Williams; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by all of her brothers and sisters-in-law, Ray (Lena), Everett (Mildred), Walt (Irene), David (Charlotte), Art (Ines), Glen (Neva), and Virgil (Margaret).

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