In Memory

Helen Fern Burnett (Fox) - Class Of 1937

Helen Fern Burnett (Fox)

Helen B. Fox, 85, of Olney, died Friday, August 13, 2004, at Burgin Manor in Olney.  Funeral services at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home with Pastor Steve Wingert officiating. Burial in Fritschle Cemetery.

Mrs. Fox was born on March 15, 1919, in Calhoun, the daughter of Charles and Jessie (Egleston) Burnett. She married Jesse Lee Fox on April 11, 1943. He preceded her in death in 1988.

She was a licensed practical nurse at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe, La. for 15 years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Olney.

Mrs. Fox is survived by a daughter, Becky Loyd and her husband, Ed, of Armington; three sons, Charles E. Fox and Jesse D. Fox, both of Cody, Wyo., and Joel S. Fox and his wife, Cindy, of Denver, Colo.; and eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a sister, an infant brother and two half-brothers.

Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)