Mary D. (Fox) Romerhaus was born in West Kentucky in October, 1925 to Bailey and Cora (Beal) Fox. She passed away August 2022 in Las Vegas, NV. She was 96 ½ years young. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers Bryce Fox, Earl Fox and sister Betty (Fox) White. She is survived by her two children, Cheryl (Romerhaus) Gee and son Arthur W. Romerhaus III of Hawaii and many nieces and nephews.
Mary graduated from Dalton High School, Ky in 11 ½ years because she took extra courses in the summer. She was a high school cheerleader. She was also voted in the High School yearbook “The Most Bashful Girl”, she says because of blushing and her dimples.
She headed to the big City of Evansville, Indiana where she got her first job. She met and married Arthur W. Romerhaus Jr. In 1944. He then went to WWII, but luckily got there at the end of the war. Mary and Art moved to Madisonville, Ky where he was the Recruiting Officer. During that time, she got her Private Pilot's license at age 19 and soloed. She also took some college courses at the University of Kentucky during that time.
Major Arthur Romerhaus became a career military man and Mary a military wife. The family lived in Fort Knox, Ft. Meade and Ft. Belvoir and lastly 3 times in Hawaii at Schofield Barracks. Mary became an avid golfer, dropping the children at school and heading to the golf course. She won several Women’s Club Championships on Military courses. She loved and played Bridge for 65 years. She also loved playing poker in Vegas and her women’s group in Hawaii. She was a beautiful seamstress and upholsterer. She loved remolding homes, as she did several times in her life. She was an avid gardener and loved growing flowers and vegetables. After 40 years in Hawaii she and her husband retired to Mabank, Tx where her daughter lived.
One of her great loves all her life was her pets. She loved her dogs, but really all animals. She had a soft spot in her heart for any helpless animal. One of her great joys was volunteering for “Friends of the Animals” of Cedar Creek Lake in Mabank, Tx. She belonged to the Enchanted Oaks Ladies Club, Cedar Creek Women’s Club and EO Bridge Club.
After her children were grown, she traveled the world with her daughter and visited England, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. She spent time in Tokyo and Hong Kong.
At age 90 she moved with her daughter to Las Vegas, NV, a place she and her husband loved visiting.
But lastly, she was a devoted wife and wonderful, loving mother. She did everything to give her family a happy home, full of love, humor and good food. She always had holiday meals and decorations for her family. She loved her friends, nieces, nephews.
She will be placed alongside her husband in Dallas Forth Worth Memorial Cemetery. Rest in Peace sweet mother.
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