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Eldon Eugene Fox

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  • Name Eldon Eugene Fox  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Born 3 Jul 1918  Greeley, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Oct 2017  Southern Pines, Moore, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried Southern Pines, Moore, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 

    Parents

    Family ID: F3685 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Austin Eugene Fox,   b. 7 Nov 1880, Loran, Stephenson, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1961, Los Angeles Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80) 
    Mother Mae Capitola Jones,   b. 1882,   d. 1918  (Age 36) 
    Married 22 Feb 1905  Allen, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 

    Parents

    Family ID: F4599 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Austin Eugene Fox,   b. 7 Nov 1880, Loran, Stephenson, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1961, Los Angeles Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80) 

  • Notes

    • The son of Austin Eugene Fox and Mae Capitola Jones.

      Eldon Eugene Fox, 99, died Thursday October 12, 2017 at The Coventry at Belle Meade.

      Mr. Fox was born in Greeley, Colorado in 1918 and raised in Denver, CO and Beverly Hills, CA.

      He graduated Cum Laude from Dartmouth College in 1940 where he had been president of the Student Governing Body and received a National Honorary Scholarship to Harvard Graduate School of Business.

      Drafted in 1942, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the US Army, and served in the Central Pacific Command. He was discharged in 1946 as a Captain in Field Artillery and awarded the Bronze Star for organizing and commanding the First Provisional Special Training Company.

      Mr. Fox began his business career in New York City with Young & Rubicam Advertising Agency. He was later employed by Honeywell Inc, Ford Motor Company Edsel Division, and The Bendix Corporation as Corporate Vice President for Public Relations and Advertising. In 1969 he joined AMF Inc. in New York City as Corporate Vice President for Public Affairs and retired in 1982, moving to the Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst.

      He was predeceased by his wife Celeste C. Hoddinott from his first marriage and is survived by their children from that marriage Jeffery, Gregory and Lorrie.

      There are no survivor’s from his second marriage to the late Nancy Kilmartin.

      At his request no services will be held. Mr. Fox will be placed in the columbarium niche at Pinelawn Memorial Park.

  • Source Citations

    1. [S2] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, ;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Queens, Queens, New York; Roll: 1610; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0576; Image: 482.0; FHL microfilm: 2341344.

    2. [S1] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: T625_162; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 239; Image: 136.

    3. [S8] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_220; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 19-38A.

    4. [S59] U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).

    5. [S281] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 596.

    6. [S90] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    7. [S260] Kansas, County Marriage Records, 1811-1911, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).

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