The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Tuesday, November 22, 1949 FUNERAL FOR T. OTTO FOX AT 2 WEDNESDAY Rites at Myers Chapel for Retired Manage of Telephone Company. Funeral services for T. Otto Fox, retired manager of the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. here, will be held at 2:00 p. m. Wednesday at Myers Chapel. The Rev. Bayne Wilson, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate and burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at Myers Chapel, where his many friends may call at any time until the funeral hour. Mr. Fox died at 3:40 p. m. yesterday at his home, 712 north 12th street, at the age of 68 years, three months and 15 days. Mr. Fox. who retired as local manager of the telephone company May 1. 1946 after 38 years of loyal service, had been failing in health for some time. His retirement came 38 years to the day from May 1, 1908 when he entered the service of the company as a lineman. After only a few years of faithful and efficient service. Mr. Fox was made plant chief and on June 1, 1920 was promoted to the position of local manager. He served in that position until September 1. 1945 when ill health forced him to take a year's sick leave. He was succeeded by Lawrence Collins, who became acting local manager and assumed the position as manager upon the retirement of Mr. Fox. Employees and officials of the company -all good friends of Mr. Fox- attended a farewell party in his honor on June 21, 1946. At that meeting Lawrence Collins, the new manager, told how Mr. Fox had hired him in 1922 when he was 16 years of age. He praised Mr. Fox as "a fine man to work for and a conscientious, loyal servant of the company." Mr. Fox had been a well liked resident of Mt. Vernon for 50 years. He was born August 6, 1881 near Elkton, in Washington county the son of Matthew and Eliza (Bledsoe) Fox. In 1918 he was married, in Nashville. Ill., to Octavia Wells, who survives. Mr. Fox was a member of the First Methodist church and was a life member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Starr of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Carroll Coile of Saybrook, Ill.; two brothers. Grover M. Fox of South Bend, Ind. and Carl M. Fox of Woodriver, Ill.:; two sisters. Mrs. Ollie Rohde of Farmer City, Ill. and Mrs. Pearl Johnston of Chicago; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A son. John Robert Fox, preceded him in death on October 7, 1937.

Here is another obit that id's. his first wife. Bob The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Wednesday, November 23, 1949 Funeral Is Held For T. Otto Fox Funeral services for T. Otto Fox were held at 2:00 p. m. today at Myers Chapel. The Rev. Bayne Wilson officiated and burial followed in Oakwood cemetery. Mr. Fox. retired manager of the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. here, died at his home, 712 N. 12th street, Monday afternoon. He was active in the Rotary Club and civic work for many years. Mr. Fox was first married, on February 29, 1904 to Lena Maxey, who preceded him in death June 4,1914. In 1918 he was married to Octavia Wells, who survives. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Starr of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Carroll Coile of Saybrook. Ill.; two brothers, Grover M. Fox of South Bend. Ind. and Carl M. Fox of Woodriver, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Rhode of Farmer City, Ill. and Mrs. Pearl Johnston of Chicago; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. -----Original Message----- From: rwlmn via <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> To: iljeffer <iljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Sep 27, 2014 4:27 pm Subject: [ILJEFFER] Thomas Otto Fox 1881 1949 The Mt. Vernon Register-News, Tuesday, November 22, 1949 FUNERAL FOR T. OTTO FOX AT 2 WEDNESDAY Rites at Myers Chapel for Retired Manage of Telephone Company. Funeral services for T. Otto Fox, retired manager of the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. here, will be held at 2:00 p. m. Wednesday at Myers Chapel. The Rev. Bayne Wilson, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate and burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The body will remain at Myers Chapel, where his many friends may call at any time until the funeral hour. Mr. Fox died at 3:40 p. m. yesterday at his home, 712 north 12th street, at the age of 68 years, three months and 15 days. Mr. Fox. who retired as local manager of the telephone company May 1. 1946 after 38 years of loyal service, had been failing in health for some time. His retirement came 38 years to the day from May 1, 1908 when he entered the service of the company as a lineman. After only a few years of faithful and efficient service. Mr. Fox was made plant chief and on June 1, 1920 was promoted to the position of local manager. He served in that position until September 1. 1945 when ill health forced him to ! take a year's sick leave. He was succeeded by Lawrence Collins, who became acting local manager and assumed the position as manager upon the retirement of Mr. Fox. Employees and officials of the company -all good friends of Mr. Fox- attended a farewell party in his honor on June 21, 1946. At that meeting Lawrence Collins, the new manager, told how Mr. Fox had hired him in 1922 when he was 16 years of age. He praised Mr. Fox as "a fine man to work for and a conscientious, loyal servant of the company." Mr. Fox had been a well liked resident of Mt. Vernon for 50 years. He was born August 6, 1881 near Elkton, in Washington county the son of Matthew and Eliza (Bledsoe) Fox. In 1918 he was married, in Nashville. Ill., to Octavia Wells, who survives. Mr. Fox was a member of the First Methodist church and was a life member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Starr of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Carroll Coile of Saybrook, Ill.! ; two brothers. Grover M. Fox of South Bend, Ind. and Carl M. Fox of W oodriver, Ill.:; two sisters. Mrs. Ollie Rohde of Farmer City, Ill. and Mrs. Pearl Johnston of Chicago; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A son. John Robert Fox, preceded him in death on October 7, 1937. Visit the Jefferson County web site at: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message