NEWSPAPERS: Lowell G. Fox, accidental drowning, Medford, Jackson Co., Oregon

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Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Monday, 15 Jul 1946, p. 1

MEDFORD YOUTH DROWNS ON TRIP

Nehalem, Ore., July 15-(U.P.) Lowell G. Fox of Medford, Ore., visiting here
with his brother, Ralph Fox, drowned late Sunday in the Nehalem river. He
is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ruth E. Fox in Medford, according to the
state police.

Mrs. Fox, who has a home in the Applegate district, but has been residing
at 11 Tripp street here, was informed of her son's death this morning by
state police while preparing for a trip to Los Angeles. Lowell Fox is one
of four sons.


Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Tuesday, 16 Jul 1946, p. 1

MOTHER LEARNS OF SON'S DEATH

News of the death of Lowell G. Fox, son of Mrs. Ruth E. Fox of the
Applegate district and 11 Tripp street, was received today by Mrs. Fox soon
after she arrived in Medford from her home in the Applegate. State police
were unable to notify the mother of her son's death before she left for her
country home yesterday. 

Fox, 19, navy veteran, who was visiting in Nehalem, Ore., at the home of
his oldest brother, Ralph, was drowned Sunday in the Nehalem river,
according to a news dispatch from Nehalem. Details of the death were not
reported.

The youth, one of four sons, was discharged from the navy May 15 following
two and one-half years service. Since that time he had been visiting with
his mother and with relatives at Nehalem. Survivors include his father,
Joyce Lewis Fox, and two brothers, Edwin and Lawrence, of Rockaway, Ore.