Rose V. Fox

Rose Fox, 101, of Beal City passed away peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, at Prestige Centre in Mt. Pleasant. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Beal City with her son, Father Melvin Fox presiding. Friends may call at Charles R. Lux Family Funeral Home, 2300 S. Lincoln Rd., on Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. with a vigil service at 7:30 p.m. Visitation continues in the gathering room at church on Friday one hour prior to the Mass. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph the Worker Church or Woodland Hospice. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. Rose was born April 16, 1909, in Nottawa Township, Isabella County, the daughter of the late Henry and Minnie (Wagner) Fussman. She married Fred Fox on May 12, 1936 at St. Philomena Church in Beal City. In addition to raising eight children, Rose always supported her husband, Fred, on the family farm. She enjoyed quilting, and the Sunny South Card Club and was talented at canning and cooking, always making sure the cookie jar was full for the grandchildren. She was a member of St. Joseph the Worker Church, the Council of Catholic Women, and, in her younger years, sang in the church choir. She also shared her gift of music at home with her family by playing the piano. Rose is survived by eight children, Rev. Melvin Fox of Grandville, Lloyd (Serena) Fox of Richland, Dorothy Kapral of Oshkosh, WI, Grace (Garald) Moeggenborg of Portland, Gladys (Ron) Bird of Morro Bay, CA, Alice Spayd of Weidman, Beatrice (Bruce) Patrick of Grayling, and Leonard (Janet) Fox of Hancock; 31 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Lea Fussman of Oregon; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred in 2007; grandson, Eric Spayd; two sons-in-law, John Kapral and Ed Spayd; two sisters, Anna Simmer and Sophia Schafer; and four brothers, Chris, Joe, Ed and Walter Fussman. The Fox family thanks the caregivers at the Prestige Centre for over three years of wonderful care.