Submitted by Linda Braden Gray
The South Bend Tribune, Tuesday Evening, July 28, 1931, Page 8

SOLOMON FOX, EX-GROCER, DIES

Resident of City Since 1869 is Survived by Wife and Son and Daughter.

    Solomon Fox, age 83, retired pioneer merchant,  formerly of the firm of
Fox & Baker, grocers, died at 8 o'clock this morning  in his home 318 North
Main street, after an illness of a week.  Death was  caused by complications
resulting from heart trouble and general debility.
    Mr. Fox first entered business in South Bend about  60 years ago with the
late J. C. Knoblock when he established one of the first  groceries in South
Bend.  The veteran merchant later affiliated with Frank  M. Baker and
established a grocery at Washington and LaPorte avenues 58 years  ago.  Mr. Fox was
with the firm for 41 years, retiring from business in  1914.
    Mr. Fox was born at Nova, O., Oct. 25, 1848.   He came to South Bend in
1869 from Ashland, O., at the age of 21.  He was  married to Liesetta Knoblock
June 6, 1877, daughter of the late William  Knoblock, who survives him.  Mr.
Fox was active in affairs of the First  Presbyterian church of which he was a
former deacon for number of years.
    Surviving besides the wife are a daughter, Mrs.  Gust Halvorsen of
Seattle, Wash., a son, Horace W. Fox, of South Bend; three  grandchildren, William
and John Fox, both of South Bend, and Elmer Lee Fox, Jr.,  of Heyward, Calif.,
and the following brothers and sisters, Samuel Fox, Deer  Creek, Okla.; Mrs.
Mary Kline of Silverton, Ore., and Conrad Fox, of Argos,  Ind.

Funeral Notes for Solomon Fox
The South Bend Tribune, July 29, 1931, Sec. 2, Page 6

    Last rites for Solomon Fox, who died Tuesday  morning at his residence,
318 North Main street, will be held at the residence  Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock with Rev. Gilbert S. Cox, D. D., of the First  Methodist Episcopal
church, officiating.  The body may be viewed at the  residence Thursday. 
Interment will be in Riverview cemetery.   Pallbearers will be Norman Adler, Clifford
E. Ireland, J. Fred Christman, S.  Rolland Dunnuck, Carl W. Ginz and Carl L.
Hibberd.