Submitted by Linda Braden Gray The South Bend Tribune, Tuesday Evening, July 28, 1931, Page 8 SOLOMON FOX, EX-GROCER, DIES Resident of City Since 1869 is Survived by Wife and Son and Daughter. Solomon Fox, age 83, retired pioneer merchant, formerly of the firm of Fox & Baker, grocers, died at 8 o'clock this morning in his home 318 North Main street, after an illness of a week. Death was caused by complications resulting from heart trouble and general debility. Mr. Fox first entered business in South Bend about 60 years ago with the late J. C. Knoblock when he established one of the first groceries in South Bend. The veteran merchant later affiliated with Frank M. Baker and established a grocery at Washington and LaPorte avenues 58 years ago. Mr. Fox was with the firm for 41 years, retiring from business in 1914. Mr. Fox was born at Nova, O., Oct. 25, 1848. He came to South Bend in 1869 from Ashland, O., at the age of 21. He was married to Liesetta Knoblock June 6, 1877, daughter of the late William Knoblock, who survives him. Mr. Fox was active in affairs of the First Presbyterian church of which he was a former deacon for number of years. Surviving besides the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Gust Halvorsen of Seattle, Wash., a son, Horace W. Fox, of South Bend; three grandchildren, William and John Fox, both of South Bend, and Elmer Lee Fox, Jr., of Heyward, Calif., and the following brothers and sisters, Samuel Fox, Deer Creek, Okla.; Mrs. Mary Kline of Silverton, Ore., and Conrad Fox, of Argos, Ind. Funeral Notes for Solomon Fox The South Bend Tribune, July 29, 1931, Sec. 2, Page 6 Last rites for Solomon Fox, who died Tuesday morning at his residence, 318 North Main street, will be held at the residence Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock with Rev. Gilbert S. Cox, D. D., of the First Methodist Episcopal church, officiating. The body may be viewed at the residence Thursday. Interment will be in Riverview cemetery. Pallbearers will be Norman Adler, Clifford E. Ireland, J. Fred Christman, S. Rolland Dunnuck, Carl W. Ginz and Carl L. Hibberd.