Ellen M. Fox, 84 of Tioga, ND went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Tioga Medical Center Long Term Care in Tioga, North Dakota.
She was baptized and confirmed at Norman Lutheran Church, rural Tioga, and remained an active member until 2012 when she switched her membership to Zion Lutheran Church in Tioga.
She attended Pleasant Prairie rural school through the 8th grade and White Earth High School, graduating with the class of 1954. She went onto college at Minot State Teacher’s College and received a Standard Teachers Degree. Ellen taught school for one year prior to her marriage to Lyle M. Fox at Norman Lutheran Church and continued to teach for one year after. Ellen and Lyle lived in Tioga where their sons, Jeffrey and Jamison were born. In 1962 they moved to rural Burke County and later moved to McGregor, ND.
Ellen remained a stay at home wife and mother until 1975 when she started working at Hillcrest Elementary School as a teacher’s aide and a secretary retiring in 1998. She continued to substitute teach in the Central School office and the Tioga School. She then worked at the Community Library for two years after her retirement.
They moved to her parental farm in White Earth Township in 1984. She served as the Township treasurer until they moved to Tioga in 2009. Lyle passed away in January 2016 and she remained in their Tioga home.
Ellen was a member of the Norman Lutheran Church. She taught Sunday School, Bible School for many years, was active in the Bible Study Group, Temple Homemakers, Norman and Zion WMF, Sons Of Norway, Tioga Senior Citizens Club and the Tioga TOPS Club.
Ellen is survived by sons, Jeffrey (Phyllis) Fox of Minot, ND and children, Travis (Misty) Fox, their children Anna, Abbygail Hudson of Audobon, MN and Tanner Fox of Audobon, MN and Erin and Lilly Fox of Minot, ND. Jamison (Lisa) Fox and children, Clay, Jamison and Jed of Sidney, MT; and sister, Sandra (Bruce) Edwards of Mandan, ND.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Art and Helen Lee; husband, Lyle Fox; brother, Oakley Lee; sister, Ardis Zunich; parents-in-law; sisters-in-law.
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