Richard Rowland Fox, 94, passed away surrounded by family Sept. 18, 2017, at the Bridgton Hospital in Bridgton Maine.
Born in Harmony, Maine, on Oct. 6, 1922, he was the son of Elmer E. Fox and Ethel C. Webster Fox.
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