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Judy A. Henkel-Fox
Judy A. Henkel-Fox
Waterloo
Judy A. Henkel-Fox, 83, of Waterloo, formerly of Vinton and Manchester, passed away Friday, May 26, 2023, at the Cedar Valley Inpatient Hospice Home in Waterloo with her family by her side.
Graveside services for friends and family will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, June 19, at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton.
Judy was born on June 19, 1939, in Garrison, the daughter of Arthur and Opal (Parks) Wilson. Judy graduated from Garrison High School with the class of 1957. She was proud to be a cheerleader for the Garrison Girls State Basketball Championship team. On Oct. 5, 1958, she was united in marriage to James “Jim” Henkel at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Jim passed away in 1981, at the age of 41. Judy married Tony Fox on Dec. 28, 1994, in Las Vegas.
While in Vinton, Judy worked at Home Savings Bank, later Union Planters, and Regions Bank. She was also a house mother for the Tri-Delt sorority house at the University of Iowa. She owned and operated Brides ‘N Weddings Bridal Boutique in Manchester for many years prior to her retirement. Judy and Tony enjoyed traveling throughout the continental United States and also visited Alaska and Hawaii. Family was always Judy’s top priority, she dearly loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as her siblings. Her entire family agrees they were all better people because of Judy’s influence.
She is survived by her husband, Tony; children, Diane (Todd) Gloede of Vinton, Dan (Tricia Milota) Henkel, Doug (Lori) Henkel of Henderson, Nev., and Ali Fox of Waterloo; step-children, Kim Fox of Gulf Port, Miss., Tempest Fox and Kris fox, both of Waterloo, and Randy Fox of Waukon; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Mollie Hauser of Manchester, Marcia Speier of Monterey, Calif., Greg (Gina) Wilson of Garrison, Patti (Elaine Faas) Foltz of Cedar Rapids and Tim Wilson of San Jose, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Jim; and her brother, Robert Wilson.
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