Hazel L. Fox

Hazel L. Fox, 89, of Coal Valley, Illinois, died Monday, August 10, 2020, at her daughter, Sue’s home in Pekin, Illinois.

Private family services will be held. Cremation will take place at Trimble Crematory, Moline, under the direction of Trimble Funeral Home, Coal Valley. Memorials may be made to JDRF, the American Heart Association, or the American Cancer Society.

The former Hazel Lee Bowden was born June 28, 1931, in Brownwood, Texas, the daughter of Arnold and Annie (Bruskie) Bowden. She married Raymond John Fox on May 1, 1950, in Archer City, Texas. He died May 26, 1996. She worked at the manager of the cafeteria at McCabe’s Department Store in Rock Island. Prior to that, she worked at Servus Rubber.

Hazel enjoyed reading, computer games, gardening, and watching girls volleyball on television. Above all else, family was the most important thing to her, especially time with her grandchildren playing Nintendo and PlayStation.

She is survived by four children, Connie Lee (Robert) Merchie of Rock Island, Michael (Melinda) Fox of Muscatine, Iowa, Alice Ann (Ernesto) Mata of Pekin, and Susan Marie (Ralph) Calvillo of Pekin; ten grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, Vickie Rae Walker; a granddaughter, Amy Fox; and two sisters, Kathrin Stephenson and Annabel Hammonds.

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