Roger E. Fox
1928-2022
Roger E. Fox, age 94, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at Hampshire Memorial Hospital Extended Care Unit in Romney, W.Va., where he had been a resident for the past 4½ years. He had been in failing health and suffered a heart attack on October 9, from which he could not recover.
Born September 16, 1928 in Sleepy Creek, W.Va., he was the son of the late Elmer R. Fox and Lutie M. Laign Fox Wright. Roger was the last of 5 siblings to survive. In 1949 he married the love of his life, Patricia A. McBee, to whom he was married for 54 years, until her passing on April 28, 2004.
In 1955 the Fox family moved to Pennsylvania, where Roger worked many years for the J.S. Hershey Baking Company and Canteen Vending Corporation. Upon returning to West Virginia in 1989, the couple resided at the Berkeley Square Apartments, where he was the property manager for many years.
He is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Diane Fox of Ayer, Mass. and Catherine Ann Bennett of Hancock, Md., two grandchildren, Heather Michael and Steve Henry both of Berkeley Springs, seven great grandchildren, and one great great grandson and many nieces and nephews.
Roger was a man of faith and a wonderful husband, father and papa. He will truly be missed by many.
Due to his wishes, there will be no services. He will lie next to his beloved wife in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Sleepy Creek.
Donations may be made in his memory to Hampshire Memorial Hospital Extended Care Unit, 363 Sunrise Blvd, Romney, WV 26757 or to Hospice of the Panhandle, 330 Hospice Lane, Kearneysville, WV 25430.
Arrangements are being handled by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs, WV.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.helsleyjohnsonfh.com.
