Industry icon Jeff Fox passes away suddenly at age 61
The industry lost an icon last week with the passing of Jeff Fox, the former president and CEO of LeMans Corp., parent company of Parts Unlimited and Drag Specialties.
Fox, 61, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, while attending a Milwaukee Brewers baseball game as part of a company outing. He was the current president of Fox LLC, Fox Den Store-It and VIKTOS.
Jeff is survived by his wife, Charise; 2 children, Justin (Jacquelyn Zigler) Fox and Jamie (Kyle Vance) Fox; mother, Gloria (David Martinson) Fox; father, Fred (Paula) Fox; 5 siblings: Steven Fuchs, Brian (Brenda) Fox, Craig Fox, Teri (Dan) McGinty, and Lori Krueger; and many other family and friends. He is preceded in death by his uncle, Stan Fox and father in law, Gene T. Wolff.
A Celebration of Life will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 31, 2018, at SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY. In lieu of flowers Memorials are preferred to the Lupus Foundation of America, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, American Diabetes Association, or Make-A-Wish Wisconsin.
Read the online obituary and registry from SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME by clicking here.
A 2006 profile of Fox as a Powersports Business Industry Leader reports that “since Fox became president 15 years ago of the Janesville, Wis., company, LeMans’ annual sales has grown from about $15 million to $800 million. During the same span, the company’s North American sales force has increased from less than 10 to more than 200.”
To read the profile in its entirety click here.
Fox said in a May 2007 letter to the industry that he was retiring as president and CEO of LeMans, although he would remain on the corporation’s board of directors.
Fox had been president of LeMans for 16 years and had been with the corporation for nearly 25 years. In the letter, Fox said retiring “was an extremely difficult decision to make, but one that I feel very comfortable with.”
Fox said he plans on remaining in Janesville, Wis., where LeMans is headquartered, and looks forward to spending more time with his family and “enjoying some hobbies I’ve had to put on the backburner, like riding my motorcycles.”
