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Mary L. Fox, 92, passed away on March 24, 2021, at the Grand Traverse Pavilions, in Traverse City, where she had resided since January 2019. She had broken her femur due to Osteoporosis while rising that morning and Munson Medical Center performed surgery. She was transferred to the GT Pavilions. She had been coping with Alzheimer s/Dementia and this accelerated her condition. She lived at her home for 56 years until moving to the Pavilions.
Mary was born on June 22, 1928, to Justine and Agda Hodges. She was the second of five, two sisters, and two brothers. She walked over fifteen blocks in town to the old high school. Mary was a tomboy growing up and enjoyed roller skating, ice skating, skiing, and sliding on Diggins Hill in Cadillac. She enjoyed skiing at Caberfae Mountain with her friends and fishing on Lake Cadillac with her Aunt Dena. She traveled by train to Grand Rapids to visit relatives and could travel at a discount because her father was a railroad engineer.
CADILLAC â There was a silver lining to the adverse weather conditions that created ice-covered roadways on Tuesday: sledding on Diggins Hill was incredible.
The snow was so slick and smooth that 8-year-old Jacob Holman was able to discard his sled and slide down the entire length of the hill on only his snow pants-clad rear end.Â
Jacob was at the hill with his father, Robert, and two siblings, 12-year-old Jadelyn and 13-year-old Logan.Â
Each foray down the hill by any one of the kids ended with the occupant either toppling out of their sled or reaching the bottom of the hill, where piled-up snow prevented the kids from sliding into the street.Â