Submitted by Linda Braden Gray  

South Bend Tribune, 21 June 1953  

MARTIN P. FOX DIES AT AGE 72  

Martin P. Fox, 72, of Rt. 2 Elm Road, a lifetime resident of St. Joseph County, died at 6:20 p.m. Saturday in St. Joseph Hospital following an illness of four months.  He was born in Madison Township and was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church of that township.    He married Miss Jennie A. in Woodland, July 1, 1905.  She died June 28, 1939.  Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Ardale D. of Rt. 2 Bremen, Ind.; three sons Delbert R. Fox of Rt. 2 Bremen, Warren L.Fox, of Mishawaka, and Wayne M. Fox, of Wakarusa, Ind.; a sister Mrs. Ralph Wordinger, of North Liberty; two brothers, George A. Fox of Rt. 2 Bremen, and Walter N. Fox, of Mishawaka, and eight grandchildren.   Friends may call at Bubb Chapel after 7 p.m. today.  Funeral arrangements have not been completed.    

Mishawaka Enterprise, 2 July 1953, Page 8  

Martin P. Fox, 72, route 2, Elm rd., died Saturday, June 20, in St. Joseph Hospital.  He was a lifetime resident of this area.  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ardale D. Weber, route 2, Bremen; three sons Delbert R. Fox, route 2 Bremen; Warren L. Fox, Mishawaka, and Wayne M. Fox Wakarusa; a sister Mrs. Ralph Wordinger, North Liberty; two brothers, George A. Fox, route 2, Bremen, and Walter N. Fox, Mishawaka, and eight grandchildren.  Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 23, in the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church.  Burial was in Bremen Cemetery.