Adelaid Henrietta (Hefte) FOX

FOX, HEFTE, KAMBO, GORDON, CHESNIK, NERHUS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/2/2008 at 10:06:13

June 3, 2008

Adelaid H. Fox, age 97, of Britt, Iowa passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2008, at the Westview Care Center in Britt. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, May 28, at 10:30 a.m., at the United Methodist Church in Britt, with Pastor Robert Dodge officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery in Britt. Visitation was held on Tuesday, May 27, from 5-7:00 p.m., at the Ewing Funeral Chapel in Britt and continued one hour prior to the services at the church on Wednesday.

Adelaid Henrietta Fox, the daughter of Austin and Johannah (Kambo) Hefte, was born near Kanawha on May 9, 1911. She had 6 brothers and 4 sisters. On October 12, 1934, she married Jerry O. Fox at the former Prairie Center United Methodist Church northwest of Britt. She and Jerry started their married life together on the Fox family farm. Adelaid was a wife, mother and homemaker on that farm for over seventy-three years. Adelaid's interests included sewing, quilting and cooking. She was a member of the Britt United Methodist Church, UMW, and served on various church boards over the years. She was active in the former Hancock County Farm Bureau Women's Committee and has served as a girl's 4-H Leader and current member of the Woden Senior Citizens. Before moving to the Westview Care Center she tried to quilt each day for at least one hour.

Adelaid is survived by her six children, Larry (Rita) of Britt, Wayne (Judith) of Britt, Freeman (Sharon) of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Jacqualine (Dennis) Gordon of Iowa City, Johannas (Kathy) of Aurora, Colorado and Sonja (James) Chesnik of Ankeny. She is also survived by one sister, Austinette Nerhus of Windom, Minnesota; and sisters-in-law, Marjorie Hefte and Miriam Hefte; 15 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jerry on March 18, 1995; brothers, Johannas, Arnold, Rudolph, Kenneth, Vern and Calvin; and sisters, Grace, Hazel and Irene.

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