Thomas L. Fox

Thomas L. Fox Contact: Betty Fox (303) 972-6461 Tom was born on April 12, 1943, the second child of Doris and Charles Warren Fox, in Rochester, Minnesota. In April, 1957, the family moved to St. Paul, Minnesota where Tom entered Ramsey High School. After graduation, he attended Hamline University for a year and then transferred to the University of Minnesota where he graduated with a degree in economics. After college, Tom enlisted in the US Navy and served as an officer on diesel submarines. He met Betty while attending Submarine school in New London, Connecticut. He and Betty were married in March of 1967. He was stationed in San Diego, California. During the five years he served, Tom spent time in Bremerton, Washington, San Francisco, Hawaii, Japan, Thailand and the Philippines. He enrolled in University of Denver's school of business and earned a Master of Business Administration. On graduating, he accepted a job at Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, CPAs, but delayed beginning his career to accommodate a three-month trip to Europe. He and Betty spent as much time as possible in the mountains - skiing in the winter and camping and hiking in the summer. Charles Reed Fox, Tom's son, was born on May 14, 1974. The family stayed in Colorado, but moved from Denver to Colorado Springs and back again. During the oil boom of the '˜70s, Tom decided to try his luck in the private sector and worked as Chief Financial Officer for a couple of small exploration firms and a home warranty company. In 1993, with Charlie at College at Fort Lewis, Tom and Betty moved to Durango where Tom spent the week days working for Community Connections, a non-profit agency that helped people with development disabilities, and the weekends remodeling a house built in 1883. Any spare time was dedicated to exploring the unique charms of the Four Corners area with Betty, Charlie and some newly acquired colleagues who quickly became dear friends. He hiked, skied, rafted, played tennis and explored a lot of the exotic corners of the southwest. The last move was back to Denver in 1999 to accept a position with Developmental Disabilities Resource Center in Jefferson County. He missed Durango, but found being in Denver suited him. He still skiied and played tennis, but could also go to Rockies, Avalanche and Nuggets games, and there was the whole Front Range to re-explore. Tom and Betty spent as many summer weekends as possible roaming the mountains, particularly after they bought a van that made camping more luxurious. He died on October 10, 2003, on a beautiful, sunny Fall day riding the road bike he had bought to increase his fitness level that became his passion. He biked close to 3000 miles in the past three years, much of it on the South Platte Trail where the collision took place.