Harry Fox Jr.

Harry Fox Jr., age 83, of Abbotsford passed away in the emergency room at the Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield on Monday, May 24, 2021.

There will be no service held. The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Abbotsford is entrusted with the arrangements.

Harry was born on June 11, 1937, in Hamilton, Ohio, to Harry Clayton and Cecil (Bryant) Fox. He attended Hamilton schools. Harry enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on October 10, 1959, and was honorably discharged on November 1, 1979, at the rank of master sergeant. After his enlistment in the military, he did carpentry and mechanic work and also helped with auctions. Harry was united in marriage to Laurie Thorson on November 17, 1998 at the court house in Neillsville.

Harry enjoyed fishing, auctions and going to church.

He is survived by his wife, Laurie of Abbotsford; children: Timothy Fox of Minneapolis, Sheila Stanton of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Thomas Fox of Minneapolis and Steven (Kelsey Smith) Fox of Green Bay; step-daughter: Deanna Thorson of Chippewa Falls; grandchildren: Sterling Silver Fox, Brandy (Dan) Boorn, Symantha Williamson and Lucas McGeorge; greatgrandchildren: McKenzie Boorn, Sophia Boorn, Evelyn Boorn, Gabriel Boorn and Joshua Williamson. Harry is further survived by his sisters: Ruth Scott Wendt and Pearl Baldwin Simmering.

Harry was preceded in death by his son, Travis Leslie Fox; parents; brother, Harvey Fox; sister, Evelyn Carpenter; and his first wife, Karen Fox.

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