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Born: June 26, 1943
Breslau, GermanyDied: October 15, 1991
Married:
Carolyn Sue German
August 26, 1972Two children:
Andrew Fox
Brian FoxSister: Margit F. Walsh
Parents:
Frieda and Paul FuchsB.A., M.A., University of Delaware
This was my husband, Sig. His family moved from Mannheim, Germany to the United States in 1957, when he was 13.
Sig's mother, Frieda, was able to evacuate Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), with both children during a brief truce near the end of World War II, as the Russian Army siege of the city was in its final stages. They were on one of two trains that left Breslau, were outside Dresden during the heavy Allied bombings there, and eventually reached a small village in the relative safety of the Bavarian Forest. It was incredible that Sig's father, Paul, was able to locate them after the war ended.
The family remained several years in the Bavarian Forest, in Grafenau, and then moved to Mannheim before emigrating to the United States. Sponsored by the World Council of Churches, Sig's parents lived in Delaware until 1978, when they retired and moved south to enjoy year-round sunshine.
Sig used to say that he and his sister, Margit, received their first real U.S. education from Dick Clark's American Bandstand. Actually, he was serious — within a very few months, they had polished their command of English and caught up at the same time with American slang, styles and fads of the moment.
After college, Sig worked two years for the Delaware State Personnel Commission, and spent the rest of his working career with a federal agency as a human resources, labor relations and administrative training specialist.
He was a gentle person, and a wonderful father and husband. We miss him still.
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