Mary L. Fox, 92, passed away on March 24, 2021, at the Grand Traverse Pavilions, in Traverse City, where she had resided since January 2019. She had broken her femur due to Osteoporosis while rising that morning and Munson Medical Center performed surgery. She was transferred to the GT Pavilions. She had been coping with Alzheimer s/Dementia and this accelerated her condition. She lived at her home for 56 years until moving to the Pavilions.
Mary was born on June 22, 1928, to Justine and Agda Hodges. She was the second of five, two sisters, and two brothers. She walked over fifteen blocks in town to the old high school. Mary was a tomboy growing up and enjoyed roller skating, ice skating, skiing, and sliding on Diggins Hill in Cadillac. She enjoyed skiing at Caberfae Mountain with her friends and fishing on Lake Cadillac with her Aunt Dena. She traveled by train to Grand Rapids to visit relatives and could travel at a discount because her father was a railroad engineer.