Kenneth Lee Fox

Kenneth Lee Fox, loving husband, wonderful brother and amazing dad made his passage to the afterlife in the early morning of September 28, 2015 while the beautiful blood moon eclipse made its appearance. Ken was born during World War II on February 7, 1943 and having lost his father at the age of six months was raised by his beautiful mother and amateur, culinary-expert with the assistance of her five doting sisters. Kenneth also shared his childhood with his older, loving-sister Sylvia. Ken's perfect pitch helped him develop into an accomplished musician and excellent trumpeter earning him a chair in the All State band while in high-school, a scholarship to Texas Wesleyan College and a seat in the One O'clock Lounge Band at North Texas State University. In 1961, he met Sue Simpson, his future loving wife, at a girl's slumber party, which he crashed. At the party, he introduced himself, talked up his talents and played some piano tunes, all in an attempt to woo the girls. The Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 prompted Ken to join the Air Force in 1963 all in pursuit to play in the Air Force Band. However, Uncle Sam determined that his talents would be most valuable as a communication specialist where he earned “President Eyes Only” top clearance and was station in Tainan, Taiwan. Before Ken was shipped off to Taiwan, he and Sue started to date.

After Ken served overseas, he and Sue got married on May 15, 1965, and took their first adventure with a honeymoon road trip up the eastern shore where they eventually settled in Chicopee Falls, at Westover Air Force Base. Lynda, their beautiful first born daughter was born on the last day of that year. In 1967, they moved back to Fort Worth, established their life and their precocious second daughter, Dana, was born in 1970. In Fort Worth, Ken worked as an IT Manager for several companies including LTV Vought, Gearhart Corp and Fort Worth National Bank. In 2001 Ken and Sue went on a second adventure and moved to Iowa where he worked for Aegon and then on to Anaheim, CA in 2004 where he worked for Verizon Wireless. In 2008, Ken retired and he and Sue moved back to Fort Worth to be close to family. In retirement, Ken went on many adventures with Sue and visited some extraordinary places such as China, Turkey, and Russia to name a few. Ken was preceded in death by his father Frank Leotha Fox, mother Hazel Lucille Greene Fox King and stepfather John T. King. Survivors: Loving wife of 50 years Sue Fox; daughters, Lynda and Dana; sister, Sylvia; 3 grandchildren, Robert, Jessica and Corey; and great grand-daughter, Jai Lynn; in addition there are many wonderful nieces, nephews, cousins and his Aunt Nona.