Seymour Fox Obituary

Seymour "Sy" Fox
Resident of Oakland, CA
Sy Fox, of Oakland, CA passed away October 24, 2013 after a two-year battle with lung cancer. He is survived by his wife Susan, son Michael, brother David, sisters-in-law Mary Fox and Amy Tackaberry, father-in-law Manny Pearlman, nieces and nephew.
Sy was born in a displaced persons' camp in Germany in 1947 to Michael Fox and Esther Gutrejman. They immigrated to the United States three years later. Sy grew up in the Bronx, attending DeWitt Clinton High School and Hunter College. After serving in the Air Force in Vietnam, he moved to San Francisco in 1970 where he and Susan met, marrying in 1972. Sy graduated from UC Berkeley, received an MA from Dominican College in special education, the field in which he worked for several years. In 1977 he began his career with Pacific Telephone in information services, retiring from AT&T in 2010.
Discovering a passion for golf in his forties, Sy thoroughly enjoyed his time as a member of Sequoyah Country Club, as well as traveling with Susan and friends to golf destinations around the country. Sy and Susan also loved spending time in Hawaii, and vacationing in the U.S. and abroad.
A devoted husband, father, brother, and friend, Sy will be missed by many and remembered as a good man. There will be no service, at his request. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to The Bay Area Tumor Institute, 400 30th Street, Suite 301, Oakland, CA 94609-3305 (www.bati.org) or your local public library.