Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

Oct. 9, 1950 - Sept. 28, 2022

Public graveside services for lifelong Oakesdale native, Joseph H. Fox, will be held on Friday, October 7, 2022, at noon at the Oakesdale Cemetery. He would have been 72 on October 9, 2022. Joe passed on September 28, 2022, from complications of an 11-month battle with ALS.

Born on October 9, 1950, Joe was the son of John and Lorene Fox of Oakesdale, and was raised on the family farm in the rural Oakesdale area. Joe attended Oakesdale Schools for his entire 12 years, graduating in the Class of 1969! He attended EWSC & Clover Park Vo-Tech College, in Tacom...