This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fox, Kribbs, Crawford, Giering, Scott, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4043 Message Board Post: George Franklin Fox 75, prominent resident of Emlenton and for many years active in the business and civic life of that community, died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, 1945 at his home on Main St., Emlenton. He was a son of Rev. G. B. Fox and Harriett Kribbs Fox and was born in Emlenton on January 22 1870 and had spent his entire life in that community. He was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church, was active in all church affairs, and served as a member of the church council. He was affiliated with Emlenton Lodge No. 644, I.O.O.F. Mr. Fox was twice married. His first wife, a daughter of Samuel W. and Jane C. Crawford, died in 1933. He later married Miss Carrie Giering. Who survives. He also leaves two children by his first marriage, Clarence Fox, of Emlenton, and Mrs. Harriet F. Scott, of Dearborn, MI Six grandchildren also survive. The body was taken to the Criswell funeral home and will be returned to the family home today. A funeral service will be conducted at the house at 3 p.m. Sunday with Rev. A. E. Maier, pastor of St. John's church, officiating. Interment will be in the Crawford Memorial cemetery in Emlenton.