Her obituary was published online on October 14, 2015:
LAKEWOOD, CO - Margaret Jean Fox (nee Fenton), 86, died in the early morning of Oct. 10,2015 at Atria Inn at Lakewood.
Jean was born April 04, 1929 in New Rochelle, NY. She grew up in New York and Cornwall, CT and lived in New Jersey, Ohio, Hawaii and Texas before recently coming to Colorado.
She studied 17th Century Literature at the Sorbonne in Paris, through a special program hosted by Sweet Briar College, and was among the first group of American students to return to Paris after World War II ended. She graduated from Hood College, receiving a bachelor's degree in English, with minors in fine art and French.
Jean met Joseph J. Lee, Sr. at a wedding. After a romantic courtship, they wed on Sept. 8,1951 in Goshen, CT and were married 42 years, until his death in 1993. They settled in New Jersey, living in Oakhurst, Deal, Little Silver, Spring Lake and Brielle. She lived in New Jersey for 33 years.
She was an English teacher at Deal Elementary School in Deal, NJ, until retiring after 24 years. She taught children in fifth through eighth grades, spending a majority of her career instructing seventh and eighth graders.
She previously owned The Hand Works, Inc., an arts and crafts store in Manasquan, NJ and taught workshops in various crafts including weaving and tin punching.
Jean was involved in charity work throughout her life, including women's groups in New Jersey and Texas. She was the president of Save our Station (SOS), a group dedicated to the restoration of the Manasquan Train Station. In 1987, the year of the station's centennial celebration, she was honored as the "guiding spirit" of the organization in a New Jersey Senate resolution introduced by Senator Frank Pallone. At that time, she also was the secretary of the Manasquan Chamber of Commerce. In recent years, Jean was an active supporter of the Women of St. Francis R.C. Church in Frisco, TX.
She and her first husband, Joseph, retired to Kauai, Hawaii in 1987. In Hawaii, she was a substitute teacher and also site coordinator for the Hanalei A Plus After School Program.
After the death of her first husband, Joseph, Jean later married George F. Fox and moved from Hawaii to Ohio. They lived there for a time before moving to Frisco, TX. He predeceased her in January 2015.
Jean enjoyed travel, visiting several countries around the world. She loved history, antique buildings, art and any kind of crafts, especially knitting. Jean had a strong interest in her family's history, particularly her Scottish heritage. She was a devoted wife and loving
grandmother and great-grandmother.
Jean is predeceased by her parents, Alexander and Ethel Fenton; and her husbands. She is survived by a sister, Joan Fenton Clark, of Indian Trails, NC; two sons, Alexander F. Lee of New York and Joseph J. Lee Jr. of Middlesex, NJ; two daughters, Margaret S. Lee of Kauai, Hawaii and Kathryn D. Lee of Denver; five grandchildren, Eric Lee of Lakewood, CO, Kristin Decker of Deltona, FL, Donavan Lee of Fort Bragg, CA, and Harrison and Danica Lee of Middlesex, NJ; five great-grandchildren Aidan, Zavier and Zarianna Decker and Charlotte and Callum Lee, and two nieces, Beth Miller and Leisa Clark Atlas.
A memorial service will be held in Frisco. Private family services will be in Lakewood.
LAKEWOOD, CO - Margaret Jean Fox (nee Fenton), 86, died in the early morning of Oct. 10,2015 at Atria Inn at Lakewood.
Jean was born April 04, 1929 in New Rochelle, NY. She grew up in New York and Cornwall, CT and lived in New Jersey, Ohio, Hawaii and Texas before recently coming to Colorado.
She studied 17th Century Literature at the Sorbonne in Paris, through a special program hosted by Sweet Briar College, and was among the first group of American students to return to Paris after World War II ended. She graduated from Hood College, receiving a bachelor's degree in English, with minors in fine art and French.
Jean met Joseph J. Lee, Sr. at a wedding. After a romantic courtship, they wed on Sept. 8,1951 in Goshen, CT and were married 42 years, until his death in 1993. They settled in New Jersey, living in Oakhurst, Deal, Little Silver, Spring Lake and Brielle. She lived in New Jersey for 33 years.
She was an English teacher at Deal Elementary School in Deal, NJ, until retiring after 24 years. She taught children in fifth through eighth grades, spending a majority of her career instructing seventh and eighth graders.
She previously owned The Hand Works, Inc., an arts and crafts store in Manasquan, NJ and taught workshops in various crafts including weaving and tin punching.
Jean was involved in charity work throughout her life, including women's groups in New Jersey and Texas. She was the president of Save our Station (SOS), a group dedicated to the restoration of the Manasquan Train Station. In 1987, the year of the station's centennial celebration, she was honored as the "guiding spirit" of the organization in a New Jersey Senate resolution introduced by Senator Frank Pallone. At that time, she also was the secretary of the Manasquan Chamber of Commerce. In recent years, Jean was an active supporter of the Women of St. Francis R.C. Church in Frisco, TX.
She and her first husband, Joseph, retired to Kauai, Hawaii in 1987. In Hawaii, she was a substitute teacher and also site coordinator for the Hanalei A Plus After School Program.
After the death of her first husband, Joseph, Jean later married George F. Fox and moved from Hawaii to Ohio. They lived there for a time before moving to Frisco, TX. He predeceased her in January 2015.
Jean enjoyed travel, visiting several countries around the world. She loved history, antique buildings, art and any kind of crafts, especially knitting. Jean had a strong interest in her family's history, particularly her Scottish heritage. She was a devoted wife and loving
grandmother and great-grandmother.
Jean is predeceased by her parents, Alexander and Ethel Fenton; and her husbands. She is survived by a sister, Joan Fenton Clark, of Indian Trails, NC; two sons, Alexander F. Lee of New York and Joseph J. Lee Jr. of Middlesex, NJ; two daughters, Margaret S. Lee of Kauai, Hawaii and Kathryn D. Lee of Denver; five grandchildren, Eric Lee of Lakewood, CO, Kristin Decker of Deltona, FL, Donavan Lee of Fort Bragg, CA, and Harrison and Danica Lee of Middlesex, NJ; five great-grandchildren Aidan, Zavier and Zarianna Decker and Charlotte and Callum Lee, and two nieces, Beth Miller and Leisa Clark Atlas.
A memorial service will be held in Frisco. Private family services will be in Lakewood.
Her obituary was published online on October 14, 2015:
LAKEWOOD, CO - Margaret Jean Fox (nee Fenton), 86, died in the early morning of Oct. 10,2015 at Atria Inn at Lakewood.
Jean was born April 04, 1929 in New Rochelle, NY. She grew up in New York and Cornwall, CT and lived in New Jersey, Ohio, Hawaii and Texas before recently coming to Colorado.
She studied 17th Century Literature at the Sorbonne in Paris, through a special program hosted by Sweet Briar College, and was among the first group of American students to return to Paris after World War II ended. She graduated from Hood College, receiving a bachelor's degree in English, with minors in fine art and French.
Jean met Joseph J. Lee, Sr. at a wedding. After a romantic courtship, they wed on Sept. 8,1951 in Goshen, CT and were married 42 years, until his death in 1993. They settled in New Jersey, living in Oakhurst, Deal, Little Silver, Spring Lake and Brielle. She lived in New Jersey for 33 years.
She was an English teacher at Deal Elementary School in Deal, NJ, until retiring after 24 years. She taught children in fifth through eighth grades, spending a majority of her career instructing seventh and eighth graders.
She previously owned The Hand Works, Inc., an arts and crafts store in Manasquan, NJ and taught workshops in various crafts including weaving and tin punching.
Jean was involved in charity work throughout her life, including women's groups in New Jersey and Texas. She was the president of Save our Station (SOS), a group dedicated to the restoration of the Manasquan Train Station. In 1987, the year of the station's centennial celebration, she was honored as the "guiding spirit" of the organization in a New Jersey Senate resolution introduced by Senator Frank Pallone. At that time, she also was the secretary of the Manasquan Chamber of Commerce. In recent years, Jean was an active supporter of the Women of St. Francis R.C. Church in Frisco, TX.
She and her first husband, Joseph, retired to Kauai, Hawaii in 1987. In Hawaii, she was a substitute teacher and also site coordinator for the Hanalei A Plus After School Program.
After the death of her first husband, Joseph, Jean later married George F. Fox and moved from Hawaii to Ohio. They lived there for a time before moving to Frisco, TX. He predeceased her in January 2015.
Jean enjoyed travel, visiting several countries around the world. She loved history, antique buildings, art and any kind of crafts, especially knitting. Jean had a strong interest in her family's history, particularly her Scottish heritage. She was a devoted wife and loving
grandmother and great-grandmother.
Jean is predeceased by her parents, Alexander and Ethel Fenton; and her husbands. She is survived by a sister, Joan Fenton Clark, of Indian Trails, NC; two sons, Alexander F. Lee of New York and Joseph J. Lee Jr. of Middlesex, NJ; two daughters, Margaret S. Lee of Kauai, Hawaii and Kathryn D. Lee of Denver; five grandchildren, Eric Lee of Lakewood, CO, Kristin Decker of Deltona, FL, Donavan Lee of Fort Bragg, CA, and Harrison and Danica Lee of Middlesex, NJ; five great-grandchildren Aidan, Zavier and Zarianna Decker and Charlotte and Callum Lee, and two nieces, Beth Miller and Leisa Clark Atlas.
A memorial service will be held in Frisco. Private family services will be in Lakewood.
LAKEWOOD, CO - Margaret Jean Fox (nee Fenton), 86, died in the early morning of Oct. 10,2015 at Atria Inn at Lakewood.
Jean was born April 04, 1929 in New Rochelle, NY. She grew up in New York and Cornwall, CT and lived in New Jersey, Ohio, Hawaii and Texas before recently coming to Colorado.
She studied 17th Century Literature at the Sorbonne in Paris, through a special program hosted by Sweet Briar College, and was among the first group of American students to return to Paris after World War II ended. She graduated from Hood College, receiving a bachelor's degree in English, with minors in fine art and French.
Jean met Joseph J. Lee, Sr. at a wedding. After a romantic courtship, they wed on Sept. 8,1951 in Goshen, CT and were married 42 years, until his death in 1993. They settled in New Jersey, living in Oakhurst, Deal, Little Silver, Spring Lake and Brielle. She lived in New Jersey for 33 years.
She was an English teacher at Deal Elementary School in Deal, NJ, until retiring after 24 years. She taught children in fifth through eighth grades, spending a majority of her career instructing seventh and eighth graders.
She previously owned The Hand Works, Inc., an arts and crafts store in Manasquan, NJ and taught workshops in various crafts including weaving and tin punching.
Jean was involved in charity work throughout her life, including women's groups in New Jersey and Texas. She was the president of Save our Station (SOS), a group dedicated to the restoration of the Manasquan Train Station. In 1987, the year of the station's centennial celebration, she was honored as the "guiding spirit" of the organization in a New Jersey Senate resolution introduced by Senator Frank Pallone. At that time, she also was the secretary of the Manasquan Chamber of Commerce. In recent years, Jean was an active supporter of the Women of St. Francis R.C. Church in Frisco, TX.
She and her first husband, Joseph, retired to Kauai, Hawaii in 1987. In Hawaii, she was a substitute teacher and also site coordinator for the Hanalei A Plus After School Program.
After the death of her first husband, Joseph, Jean later married George F. Fox and moved from Hawaii to Ohio. They lived there for a time before moving to Frisco, TX. He predeceased her in January 2015.
Jean enjoyed travel, visiting several countries around the world. She loved history, antique buildings, art and any kind of crafts, especially knitting. Jean had a strong interest in her family's history, particularly her Scottish heritage. She was a devoted wife and loving
grandmother and great-grandmother.
Jean is predeceased by her parents, Alexander and Ethel Fenton; and her husbands. She is survived by a sister, Joan Fenton Clark, of Indian Trails, NC; two sons, Alexander F. Lee of New York and Joseph J. Lee Jr. of Middlesex, NJ; two daughters, Margaret S. Lee of Kauai, Hawaii and Kathryn D. Lee of Denver; five grandchildren, Eric Lee of Lakewood, CO, Kristin Decker of Deltona, FL, Donavan Lee of Fort Bragg, CA, and Harrison and Danica Lee of Middlesex, NJ; five great-grandchildren Aidan, Zavier and Zarianna Decker and Charlotte and Callum Lee, and two nieces, Beth Miller and Leisa Clark Atlas.
A memorial service will be held in Frisco. Private family services will be in Lakewood.
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