Submitted by Linda Braden Gray

Submitted by Linda Braden Gray  

 

South Bend Tribune - 3 Dec 1949 - Sec. 1, Page 2  

LIESETTA K. FOX, PIONEER OF CITY, DIES AT AGE 92  

A pioneer resident of South Bend, Mrs. Liesetta Knoblock Fox died this morning at the age of 92 in her residence, 318 North Main street, after an illness of four years due to the infirmities of her age.  Mrs. Fox was born on a farm six miles south of Bremen, Ind., May 11, 1857, and came to South Bend to live when she was six years old.  

As Miss Lisetta Knoblock she was married to the late Solomon Fox June 6, 1878.  He passed away in 1931, but Mrs. Fox continued to live in the family home which, at the time of her death had been her residence for 60 years.  She was the daughter of William Knoblock, at pioneer resident who died in 1921.  

A son, Horace W. Fox, 608 Park avenue, and a daughter, Mrs. Gust Halvorsen, of Seattle, Wash., survive.  Also surviving are a sister Mrs. John Grimm, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,  and three grandchildren, William Fox, of South Bend; John W. Fox, of Tarrytown, N.Y., and Lieut. Elmer L. Fox, U. S. N., and three great-grandchildren.  

The body may be viewed after 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the Orvis Funeral home from where services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Morton Keegan, C.S., Christian Science practitioner.  Burial will be in Riverview cemetery.