Willodean Fox

Willodean M. Fox, 94, of Berne, Indiana, passed away at 2:53 p.m. on Friday, June 28, 2024, at Swiss Village Inc. in Berne, Indiana. 

She was born on Thursday, May 8, 1930, in Adams County, Indiana. She married Ivan Dale Fox on Sunday, June 6, 1948, in Berne, Indiana. 

Willodean was a 1948 graduate of Berne High School. She lived in the Geneva and Berne area for most of her life. Willodean was a member of the Monroe United Brethren Church. She had worked for CTS in Berne for 27 years. She enjoyed crocheting, shopping, sewing and playing Rubik’s Cube.

Willodean was a great mother. She loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them.

She is survived by her daughter Nona Marie (George) Boice, Bryant, Indiana; daughter Cheri (Douglas) Dunlapp, Leesburg, Florida; son Roger D. Fox, Portland, Indiana; son Ted L. (Pam) Fox, St. Mary's, Ohio; half-sister Bessie Bollenbacher, Berne, Indiana; half-sister Catherine Bollenbacher, Texas; 14 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her father Lawrence J. Bollenbacher; mother Nona (Biberstein) Bollenbacher; ex-husband  Ivan Dale Fox; grandson Chadd Fox; and sister Earline Rhodes.

Family and friends may gather to share and remember at Downing & Glancy Funeral Home, 100 N. Washington St., Geneva, on Friday, July 5, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A service to celebrate her life will be at Downing & Glancy Funeral Home, 100 N. Washington Street, Geneva, at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 5, 2024, with Pastor Troy Green officiating. Interment will follow in the M.R.E. Cemetery in Berne.

Preferred memorials may be sent to Monroe United Brethren Church, 205 S. Adams St., Monroe, IN 46772, and/or Stillwater Hospice, 5910 Homestead Roard, Fort Wayne, IN 46814.     

Arrangements are being handled by Downing & Glancy Funeral Home in Geneva.

Condolences may be expressed at glancyfuneralhomes.com.