Thursday, August 5th, 2021
Madge Hoersten
Madge Hoersten, age 105, died July 26, 2021, in Billings, Mont.
She was born May 19, 1916, to La Doyt Leonard Van Fleet and Mary Lucretia "Crete" (Frisinger) Van Fleet.
Madge lived in many Ohio cities, spending most years in Toledo, Ohio, where she graduated from De Vilbiss High and attended Davis Business College.
She met and married Joe Fox on May 17, 1937. They had three children, Pat, Jill and Gary Fox, along with nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandson.
Madge worked for various businesses as a secretary and accountant. She retired from OXY Chemical of Rockford, Ohio, after Joe's death in 1970. On December 16, 1972, she married Richard (Bud) Hoersten; he died on June 18, 2007.
Surviving are two daughters-in-law, Delight and Joan Fox, both of Rockford, her nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, one great-great grandson, one sister, Mary Lee Trimble of Camargo, Ill., along with many nieces and nephews.
Deceased in addition to Joe and Bud, are her two sons, Pat and Gary Fox; her daughter, Jill Fox; her brother, Jack Van Fleet; and three sisters, Betty J. Beall, Patsy Ruth Curie and Maxine Van Fleet.
Graveside services will be held privately at Riverside Cemetery in Rockford.
To share in Madge's online memorial, please visit www.ketchamripley.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home, 111 W. First Street, Rockford, OH 45882.
