Submitted by

Vicki Ebert

Mrs’s Mary Fox’s Rites Wednesday
Pioneer Kay Woman Died Sunday Following Short Illiness

Newkirk, Feb 12—Mrs. Mary Fox 61 Newkirk resident for several years died Sunday morning at the Ponca City hospital, following a short illness.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday after at 2:30 o’clock at the Christian church and burial will be in the Newkirk cemetery under the direction of the Weber Funeral home.
Mrs. Fox is survived by three daughter, Mrs. Margaret Harsh of Canton, Kans. Mrs. Fern Bain of Uncas and Mrs. Pearl Nash of Uncas and Mrs. Pearl Nash of Ponca City and one son William J Fox of Los Angeles, Calif.
She also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Claycamp of Texas, Mrs. Lizzie Hatch of Ramona, Okla. And Mrs. Annie Bruce of Blackwell, and two brothers, Ed Gildhouse of Newkirk and Frank Gildhouse of Blackwell.
Mrs. Fox who was born in Cowley county, Kansas, May 20, 1878, came to Kay county at the opening of the Cherokee Outlet residing with her parents on a farm east of Blackwell.
She was married to William James Fox in 1905 and the couple moved to Newkirk the same year. He died here August 27, 1928.
Mrs. Fox became ill Thursday. She was taken to the Ponca City hospital Saturday afternoon and underwent an operation there. He condition withstood the operation, but her heart weakened, causing her death Sunday about 4 am.
He son William James Fox arrived Monday noon from Los Angeles. He left soon after receiving word of his mother’s death.