Frances Victoria Fox, 95, died December 18, 2012 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, Great Bend, Kansas. She was born February 10, 1917 at Great Bend, the daughter of Charles Franklin and Nannie Silvey (Wilson) Younkin. She married Wilson C. Fox December 31, 1939 at Great Bend. He died September 3, 1987. A lifetime Great Bend resident, Mrs. Fox was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone for thirty years. Mrs. Fox was a member of First United Methodist Church, church chancel choir, United Methodist Women, Sweet Adelines, Telephone Pioneers, and the Kansas Writers Association. Survivors include two sons: Philip Fox and his wife Paula, Fort Worth, Texas; and Michael Fox and his wife Debbie, Arvada, Colorado; two daughters: Judi Fox, Great Bend; and Vickie Rondeau and her husband David, Olathe, Kansas; one sister, Patricia Ida Mae Baxter, Great Bend; fourteen grandchildren; and twenty-three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, George Younkin, Dwight Younkin, Wayne Younkin, and Merrill Younkin. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 22, 2012 at First United Methodist Church, Great Bend, with the Reverend Lennie Maxwell officiating. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, December 21, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to First United Methodist Church Music Department, in care of the funeral home.