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Robert Tinley Fox
1931 - 2021
BORN
1931
DIED
2021
Fox, Robert Tinley
July 8, 1931 - January 6, 2021
Age 89. An honor graduate of Omaha Central High School, Robert served as a major in the ROTC Battalion and received a scholarship to Yale College, from which he graduated in 1953. He served as Editor of the Yale Literary Magazine and upon graduation entered on active duty in the USAF. During his service an an Intelligence Officer, he acquired a love of flying, which he continued to practice as a glider pilot. Most of his post military activity was based in San Francisco, CA, where he conducted clinical trials in the psychology department of the San Francisco State Medical Center, devoting his free time to reading, hiking and skiing. His last years were spent in the Eastern Nebraska Veterans Home in Bellevue, NE.
A MASS of CHRISTIAN BURIAL following CDC gudelines will be Celebrated on Tuesday, January 12, at 9am at Saint Matthew's Church, 12210 South 36th Street, Bellevue. Interment will follow at 11am in the Omaha National Cemetery, with Military Honors by Offutt Air Force Base Honor Guard and American Legion Post #31. To view a live broadcast of the Mass, go to the website below and click the link on the Fox obituary.
BELLEVUE MEMORIAL CHAPEL
Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler, 2202 Hancock St., Bellevue, NE
(402) 291-5000 | www.bellevuefuneralchapel.com
July 8, 1931 - January 6, 2021
Age 89. An honor graduate of Omaha Central High School, Robert served as a major in the ROTC Battalion and received a scholarship to Yale College, from which he graduated in 1953. He served as Editor of the Yale Literary Magazine and upon graduation entered on active duty in the USAF. During his service an an Intelligence Officer, he acquired a love of flying, which he continued to practice as a glider pilot. Most of his post military activity was based in San Francisco, CA, where he conducted clinical trials in the psychology department of the San Francisco State Medical Center, devoting his free time to reading, hiking and skiing. His last years were spent in the Eastern Nebraska Veterans Home in Bellevue, NE.
A MASS of CHRISTIAN BURIAL following CDC gudelines will be Celebrated on Tuesday, January 12, at 9am at Saint Matthew's Church, 12210 South 36th Street, Bellevue. Interment will follow at 11am in the Omaha National Cemetery, with Military Honors by Offutt Air Force Base Honor Guard and American Legion Post #31. To view a live broadcast of the Mass, go to the website below and click the link on the Fox obituary.
BELLEVUE MEMORIAL CHAPEL
Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler, 2202 Hancock St., Bellevue, NE
(402) 291-5000 | www.bellevuefuneralchapel.com
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Published by Omaha World-Herald on Jan. 10, 2021.
MEMORIAL EVENTS
GUEST BOOK
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Thank you for your Service May you be Granted Golden Wings to carry you on your Journey to a Restful Peace
Francis Durham VFW Dist 10 Chaplain
January 12, 2021