Using a house located on 25th Street, the Fox Funeral Home was established
in 1966 by Harry Fox and Harm DeBuhr. In 1967, they moved to our current location: 1116 North 19th Street in Beatrice.
In 1987, Paul Fox joined his father in business.
In 1988 Fox Funeral Home was invited to become a member of the "National Selected Morticians" which is now called the 'Selected Independent Funeral Homes'. This invitation is extended to independently owned funeral homes.
Fox Funeral Home is a member of the Nebraska Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.
Fox Funeral Homes are in Beatrice, Adams and Plymouth and the Zink-Fox Funeral Home in Sterling.
The late Harry Fox attended Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Chicago, Illinois and had been licensed for over 50 years. After opening Fox Funeral Homes in 1966 he began a life-long endeavor to provide the highest quality funeral service in the Beatrice community.
As a member of numerous clubs and committees he had helped enhance Beatrice by his community service and sense of loyalty. He was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church.
Harry and the late Nancy Fox are survived by three children, Kathy Huls and her husband David, Suzy Muhlbauer and Paul Fox and his wife Deborah, ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Paul Fox is a lifelong resident of Beatrice.
He is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan and the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service. Paul began his career at Fox Funeral Home in 1987 when he joined his father in business.
Paul is active in several community organizations and can often be found either coaching basketball or attending one of his children's activities.
Debbie Fox began the pre-need program for Fox Funeral Home in 1988. She completed her training in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and has been licensed with the Nebraska Department of Insurance since 1988.
Debbie is also a licensed practical nurse and when not working can often be found at one of her children's school activities.
Paul and Debbie were married in 1980 and they have three children, Stephen is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln, Lauren is attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Michael is a senior at BHS.
Arvid is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Kearney, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a Business Management emphasis and the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service.
He is also licensed with the Nebraska Department of Insurance. He serves on the Scholarship Committee and is a district vice-president with the Nebraska Funeral Directors Association.
He is a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church, where he serves as the church treasurer and substitute organist, is past president for the Beatrice Rotary Club where he has served on the board of directors, the Beatrice Chamber of Commerce where he served on the Board of Directors, is on the Advisory Board of the Beatrice Good Samaritan Center and is also a member of the Beatrice Crimestoppers Board.
His wife, Althea, is a floral designer at The Blossom Khardt in Beatrice. They have two grown children, Aron and his wife Wendy of Lincoln and Abby and her husband Cameron Houseman of Overland Park, Kansas. Arvid and Althea are also the proud grandparents of Jacob and Aubrey Wiest.
Muriel began working part-time in July 1990 and has worked full-time since 1995.
She is a graduate of Minden High School and the Lincoln School of Commerce. She has worked as a secretary for the Dean of Men at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, was a legal secretary in Lincoln and was the financial secretary at the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Beatrice. She is a life member of the PTA, a member of Chapter FM, P.E.O. where she served as President, Chaplain and Treasurer. She is an active member of the First Christian Church (DOC)where she has served on several committees, and is a member of the Christian Women's Fellowship, Circle #6 and sings in the Chancel Choir. She has also served on various committees for the Christian Church in Nebraska (DOC).
She enjoys reading and taking walks.
Her husband, Gary, is an attorney in Beatrice. They have two grown children, Scott Thompson of Omaha and Sara Brown and her husband Kelly of Houston, Texas. And, they are the proud grandparents of Deklan and Maren.
Norm Balderson
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