Monday, April 11, 2011

Nora Fox 1918 - 2011










Nora Ethel Fox was born on July 25, 1918 in Idabel, Oklahoma. Nora Ethel Fox She passed away at Colonial Estates Nursing home on April 7, 2011 at the age of 92.

She was a member of Sallateeska Indian Baptist Church of Shawnee, Oklahoma for many years. Nora was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing and doing Native American beadwork. She also enjoyed spending time with family and attending her grandchildren’s activities.

Nora was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Tommy Fox, Sr., daughter, Mary Joyce Marinez, son, Thomas Fox, Jr., brother, Crosby Jones, and granddaughter, Rachel Paningsoro.

She is survived by four daughters, Deloris Bender and her husband Joe, DeVonne Paningsoro and her husband Don, Cynthia Simon, and Martha Cruz, all of Shawnee; four sons, Kenny Fox and Harold Fox, of Shawnee, Jimmy Frazier and Dewey Frazier, of Oklahoma City, 18 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.