William Fox

Fox William "Carty" Fox III Musician, Poet, Dreamer Toledo area native William "Carty"Fox III, 35 years old, left this life on January 11, 2004 after fighting a fierce and prolonged battle with cancer. He passed away at the San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care Center, San Diego, CA. Born May 20, 1968, Carty was the son of William C. Fox II (deceased) and Mary Lou Fox of Perrysburg, OH and La Jolla, CA. In addition to his adoring mother, he is survived by his loving wife, April Sammons Fox of Minneapolis, and sisters, Myra and Gina Foely of Perrysburg, nephews, Todd Underwood and Adam Pfleghaar, and niece Amanda Winiarski, also of Perrysburg. Carty attended Maumee Valley Country Day School and graduated from St. John's Jesuit High School in 1986. At St. John's he began to cultivate his lifelong passion for music, literature and the new media technologies that would eventually integrate the arts, enabling their distribution to the widest of publics. Carty received his BA from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis where he continued to develop his unique instincts for combining his poetic writing style with his musical sensibilities. This led to his co-creation of the critically acclaimed music group, Pleasant Stitch, which enjoyed many years playing to an enthusiastic Minneapolis fan base. His most recent production is a CD entitled AMREI (MRI) a musical interpretation of his five-year journey through his ethereal hopes for positive treatment outcomes and the cruel damnation of the of the brain cancer that would eventually take his life. Carty will be interred at the Ft. Meigs Memorial Cemetery during a private graveside service. Friends wishing to honor his short life and to pay tribute to his unique sensitivity for grace and beauty may do so by contributing to the Carty Fox Spirit of the Arts Scholarship Program, St. John's Jesuit High School, 5901 Airport Hwy, Toledo, OH 43615. Arrangements by the Coyle Funeral Home, Toledo 419-865-1295

Published on January 13, 2004