Bruce E. Fox

Bruce E. Fox of Twin Falls passed away on August 27, 2010, in Boise, Idaho as a result of complications from pneumonia. Bruce passed on peacefully, surrounded by his immediate family. Bruce was born in 1939 in Twin Falls, Idaho, the second son of David and Ellen Fox. He attended school in Buhl and Twin Falls, graduating from Twin Falls High School in 1957. He attended the College of Idaho in Caldwell and graduated from Westminster College in Salt Lake City. For many years during and after his high school years, Bruce worked for Twin Falls radio and television stations where he was instrumental in developing production and public relations. Later, he moved to Boise and then Salt Lake City where he was active with advertising and public relations agencies, managed a film-video production company, and later was involved with corporate marketing communications with the computer graphics pioneer company, Evans & Sutherland. Bruce was one of those rare individuals who seemed to know everyone. His friends and acquaintances included outdoorsmen, journalists, novelists, corporate leaders, sports figures, celebrities, and artists. He was a Renaissance Man who had deep and scholarly interests in cooking, woodworking, antique restoration, Idaho history and politics, languages, and golf. Bruce had a marvelous interest in and an expansive understanding of the world, and that is a gift he leaves to those who knew him, an accountability for knowing and a responsibility for lifelong learning. He will also be remembered for his delightful sense of articulate humor, a blend of polite cynicism and shared laughter. Bruce is survived by his immediate family—his wife and best friend Mary, daughters Cindy Smith of Reno and Becky Fox of Boise, and son Michael Fox of Idaho Falls—and four grandchildren and two nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, David and Ellen Fox, and his brother Dave Fox. No formal services are planned.