Arley Wayne Fox

Arley Wayne Fox Wayne Fox died peacefully at his home in Bountiful on April 24, 2009. He was 93. He was born in Lehi on August 5, 1915. He was preceded in death by three sisters and a brother. He is survived by his brother Richard Glen Fox – his wife – Mary Fae Openshaw Fox, and children Frank Wayne Fox (Elaine, two children), Carolyn Milligan, (R.J., three children), Bonnie Lee Fox, Lawrence Kent Fox (Kelli, four children), Mary Lynette Hendricks (Reed, five children), David Kevin Fox (Christine, four children), and seven great-grandchildren. Wayne moved to Salt Lake City in 1934. He worked for the Stover Bedding Company and later for Eitell McCullough producing radio tubes for the war effort. He married Mary Fae Openshaw on June 16, 1937. Wayne and Fae managed the Yale Apartments 1937-51. He served in WW II from 1944-45 aboard U.S.S. Chikaskia, among the first ships into Yokohama Harbor after the surrender. After returning from the war, Wayne drove a taxi for Salt Lake Transportation Company and established his own business as a photographer, Spotlight Studio. As his interest in photography grew, he went to work for the LDS Church. His pioneering work for the Church in using film to preserve genealogical records took him to Holland. In 1951 Wayne and Fae moved to Bountiful. In 1953 Wayne went to work for Wheelwright Lithograph Company as a photo-lithographer. He worked on the Holy Scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, yearbooks for Stanford University and many other colleges and high schools, calendars, and magazines, and won many awards for the quality of the color prints. After Wheelwrights closed in 1977, he worked at Artistic Printing until retirement. He was active in the LDS church lifelong, and served in a number of callings, including the Bountiful 8th Ward bishopric. He actively promoted the Church’s missionary effort and assisted a number of youths to go on missions. He retired in 1987 to work in his garden overlooking Bountiful, bake, make candy, spend time with his grandchildren, and write his memoirs, the three volume Fox Tales. He became a Master Gardener, and many stopped to comment on the wildflowers in his orchard or ask for gardening tips. A piece of the history of the Bountiful east bench passes with Wayne. His flowers, fruits, fudge, bread, cookies, generosity, friendship, sense of humor, and sense of honor will be missed. Funeral services will be held 11 am Saturday May 2, 2009 at the Oak Hills Ward , 445 S. 1200 E. Bountiful. Friends may call Fri. from 6-8 pm at Lindquist’s Bountiful Mortuary 727 N 400 E, and Sat. from 9:30-10:30 am prior to services at the church. Interment at Lakeview Memorial Cemetery. E-mail condolences at www. lindquistmortuary.com