William Martin "Bill" Fox, 88, died June 14, 2014, at his home in Rock Island.

Family and friends are invited to share memories and celebrate the

life and accomplishments of this remarkable husband, brother, uncle,

father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend on Saturday, June

28, from 1-5 pm at an open house in his grandson's home, 1336 31St,

Rock Island. Memorials in honor of Bill Fox may be made to: Heritage

Fifty-Three, 4601 53rd Street, Moline, IL 61265 (a residential center

of The ARC of the Quad City Area.)

Bill was born Aug. 4, 1925, in Tulsa, Okla., to William H. Fox and

Hazel Irene Cardall Fox. He moved to Andalusia, when he was 5 years

old. Bill served in the Navy from 1942 to 1946; this took him from the

shores of Normandy on the eve of the invasion to the Marshall Islands

on the eve of dropping the atomic bomb. He married Dolores I. Shrader

on Aug. 13, 1950.

A bricklayer for over 30 years, he opened Fox Construction in 1960,

and retired in 1990. A love of cooking led Bill to open Cleo's

Restaurant in Milan, in 1964, which he sold to Hardee's in 1977. He

enjoyed cooking original recipes and family feasts his entire life.

Bill was a lifetime member of Illinois Local 6 Bricklayers Union,

active for 61 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Knights of

Pythias, and a founding member of the ARC of the Quad City Area.

Bill is survived by his wife, Dolores I. Fox, Rock Island; sister,

Martha Fox Polsfuss, Pillager, Minn.; daughters, Judi Lee Fox, Moline,

and Jeri Lynn Fox (husband Michael Kuhlman), Elmhurst, Ill.; son,

William C. Fox, Elmhurst; grandchildren, William S. (Kylee) Fox, Rock

Island, Christine and Nicole Kuhlman, and Emily Fox, Elmhurst; and

great-grandson, William Jude Fox, Rock Island. He was preceded in

death by his sister, Gladys Ruby (Sally) Skinner and brother, John H.

Fox.