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Miriam Elaine Fox, age 97 of Mitchell, SD (formerly of Alexandria, SD) died Saturday, January 15, 2022 at Diamond Care Center, Bridgewater, SD. Funeral services will be 11:30 AM Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at the Will Funeral Chapel with burial at Greenhill Cemetery in Alexandria, SD. Visitation will be from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Wednesday at the Will Funeral Chapel.

Miriam Elaine Fox, daughter of Clyde and Geneva (Clark) Huffman, was born June 28, 1924 at Bancroft, SD. She attended school at Bancroft and graduated from Bancroft High School in 1942. In 1943 Miriam graduated from Mitchell Business College in Mitchell, SD.

Miriam was united in marriage with Dean Fox of Alexandria, SD on March 4, 1945 at the First Presbyterian Church in Mitchell, SD.  Her husband died on February 1, 1996.

At Alexandria she was a member of the United Methodist Church where she held the offices in the church and the United Methodist Women. Miriam was the church organist and sang in the church choir. She was also a member of the Eastern Star and served on the board of the Hanson Independent School District. Miriam was a charter member of the Southernetts Extension Club. For a number of years, she was the assistant librarian at the Alexandria Public Library. In 2006 she moved to Mitchell, SD.

Grateful for having shared her life are her three sons, Richard (Darlene) Fox, Centennial, CO, David (Cheryl) Fox, Sioux Falls, SD, Curtis (Denise) Fox, Alexandria, SD; five grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Darlene Fox, Bloomington, MN.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a granddaughter, Shellynn Fox; her parents; a brother, Harry Huffman and two sisters, Irene Fossum and Susie Halverson.