Primary Name: Fox, Helen

Filed as: Fox, Helen

Also known as: Helen Fox

Occupation / Association: Member of the Fox family of the Juneau–Douglas Native community

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska; Juneau Indian Cemetery

Keywords: Helen Fox, Fox family, Juneau, Jimmie Fox family, Jennie Fox family, Juneau Indian Cemetery burials, Douglas Alaska Native families, Southeast Alaska Native history, 1918 influenza pandemic Alaska, early Juneau residents, Douglas Alaska historical cemeteries

Biography

Helen Fox was the daughter of Jimmie Fox and Jennie Fox, members of the Native community living in the Juneau–Douglas area during the early twentieth century.

She died on December 28, 1918, during the worldwide influenza pandemic. The influenza epidemic of 1918–1919 spread rapidly through Alaska and had devastating effects on many communities throughout the territory.

Helen Fox was buried in the Juneau Indian Cemetery, a burial ground historically associated with the Native community of the Juneau–Douglas area. The cemetery and its burials were later documented as part of historic preservation surveys of Douglas and Juneau.

Sources

Inventory and Survey of Historic Cemeteries in Douglas, Alaska.