Richard “Rick” Scott Fox Jr.

Richard “Rick” Fox, Jr.,

60, Tioga, formerly Paler-

mo, died Thursday, April

14, 2022 in a Minot hospi-

tal.

Richard Scott was born

to Richard and Marjorie

(Lill) Fox, Sr., in Grundy,

Virginia on April 22,

1961. He attended ele-

mentary school at Perkett

Elementary in Minot and

attended high school in

Palermo and Des Lacs

where he graduated in

1980.

Rick went on to attend

college in Wahpeton, ND,

and returned to Palermo

to work at Farmers Union

Oil in Stanley. He then

was employed by Randy

Nichols doing custom

combining for a few years

until he gained employ-

ment with the North

Dakota State Highway

Department in Stanley,

traveling to New Town

and then Tioga. Later he

worked for the R&T Water

District Plant in Ray until

his retirement.

Rick is survived by: his

mother and stepfather,

Marjorie and Orlyn

Lovelien; sisters, Darlene

Oja and Charlene Glynnis

Fox; stepmother, Iva Fox;

brothers, Mike (Teresa)

and Patrick; nieces, Jessi-

ca (Mike) Krout, Hope

(Jeremiah) Trana, Erica

(Cameron) McFarland,

Cristin Fox, Jacqueline

Hazen, Brittany Fox, and

Kyra Fox. He is also sur-

vived by several great

nieces and nephews,

aunts, uncles, and

cousins.

He was preceded in

death by his father,

Richard Fox, Sr.; grand-

mother, Marie Lill;

grandparents, Frank and

Jessie Fox; brother-in-law,

Melvin Oja; and uncles,

James Baulex and James

Lill.

Celebration of Life Ser-

vice: Tuesday, April 26,

2022 at 11:00 a.m. in

Faith Lutheran Church,

Palermo, ND. To view a

delayed streaming of the

service, available Wednes-

day, April 27 at noon, or

share memories and con-

dolences please access his

online obituary at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.

Visitation: Monday,

April 25, 2022 from 4:00

p.m. until 6:00 p.m. in

Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot.

Interment: Faith Luth-

eran Church Cemetery,

Palermo, ND.