Matthew J Fox, 55 of Plover died Friday January 12, 2024, at home with his family after a 10-month battle with stage 4 metastatic gastric cancer.
Matt was born January 13, 1968, in Stevens Point, WI to Joe Fox and the late Joan (Ziaja) Fox. He graduated from SPASH in 1986, and UWSP with a BS in Economics in 1991. On September 5, 2003, he married Amy (Pallen) Fox, and they have 3 children.
He was employed for 25 years with The Copps Corporation (later Roundys) where he worked his way up to the Store Director. He then was a Custodial Services Supervisor at UWSP for 10 years, and the last 3 years right up until his illness was employed by Mid-State Technical College as a Facility Maintenance Technician. He also was a part-time Facility Maintenance Technician for The Stevens Point Area YMCA for the last 5 years.
Matt enjoyed doing woodworking projects, working out, fishing, and reading. It brought him the greatest joy to watch his son play baseball over the past 14 years and watch his 2 daughters dance in recitals and competitions. Matt was proudly the co-captain and hosted the trivia team, Late Night with Bob Keeshan, for the last 34 years. He always proclaimed Trivia weekend the best weekend of the whole year!
Matt was a regular in the YMCA Wellness Center 5 days a week before his illness. He was employed there part-time, volunteered frequently for the Y, and really loved all his time spent there.
Survivors include his wife of 20 years Amy, son Jackson, and twin daughters Nicole and Brooklyn. He is also survived by his father Joseph Fox, sister Julie Lutz, nephew Anthony. sister Judie Nolan (Dave) nieces Rachel (Jeremy), Megan and Emily. brother Mike Fox. In-laws Bob and Linda Pallen, brother-in-law Troy Pallen (Andrea) niece Kendra, nephew TJ. brother-in-law Todd Pallen (Sara) nephew Chandler, nieces Delaney and Kendall. Close family Aunt Vera Rooney. He was preceded in death by his mother Joan (Ziaja) Fox, and close family uncle Barney Rooney.
The family would like to thank all the staff at Aspirus oncology on Illinois Ave and a special thank you to Matt’s main nurse, Rebecca.
A Celebration of Life service for Matthew will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday January 18, 2024, at Pisarski Community Funeral Home 2911 Plover Road Plover. Visitation on Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00pm. and again on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at the Pisarski Plover Funeral Home.
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