Foxy Sohr is a member of the Shawano Woman’s Club, which will hold its 10th annual Spring Fling Fashion Show in May.
Sohr was born in Clintonville and graduated from Shawano High School in 1950. Then, she said, “I went to the big city of Appleton to make my fortune.” She worked a couple of years at Appleton Papers in the sampling department and then got married. Sohr and her first husband, Allan Beyer, had two kids, three grandkids and three great-grandchildren. He died in 1990.
While in Appleton, Sohr worked as a teachers aide in seven schools. She retired at 65 and got a cottage on Shawano Lake. Sohr now lives in the town of Washington with her husband of 17 years, Maynard Sohr. He has three children and five grandchildren.
Foxy goes to the Senior Swim at the Shawano Recreation Center, rides her three-wheel bike, crochets hats, sews every day and helps Maynard make maple syrup.
Q How long have you been a member of the Shawano Woman’s Club?
A “I have only been in it about three years. I wish I would have been in it a whole lot longer. I didn’t know anything about it. I could have got involved a whole lot sooner.”
Q What do you do for the club?
A “I like the fashion show. It’s a fun event and always so pretty. It’s our big money raiser for scholarships, the library and the historical society. Every year we pick someone different other than our regulars to help. The last two years I modeled. This year I’m going to model jewelry from Martin Jewelers. I can walk around the tables. I was a sewing teaching for Singer many years ago and taught girls in the summer. At the end of the season they would have a style show and there was a winner. Last fall the woman’s club took flowers to nursing homes to people who never get visitors. They loved it. I was in charge of that. I was taking flowers to a friend of mine and someone said they wished they would get flowers and I gave her one. It’s the little things that count.”
Q Why do you volunteer?
A “When you think about other people’s problems, you forget about your own. It’s a good way to get to know people and be involved in the community. It makes me feel good. It gives you something good to do, not just busy work. Whatever little thing you can do is better than nothing.”
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