Tony Fey

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It is with great sadness that we report the passing of long-time member Tony Fey. Tony was a great supporter of and contributor to the MPHS. He will be greatly missed.

Obituary

John A. “Tony” Fey 66 died November 1, 2017 at Menorah Medical Center in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. He was born August 1, 1951 in Dodge City, Kansas.
Tony was an active member of the Cure of Ars Catholic Church. He was retired as a conductor/brakeman for the Union Pacific Railroad. Tony was known for his kind and generous nature. He enjoyed gardening, riding his bike and faithfully worked out at his local gym. Tony grew up having a love of horses and was a cowboy at heart. Working for the railroad instilled a love of trains and he enjoyed his model railroad he collected over the years. Tony was blessed to have his neighbor Carol Knott who helped him to appointments and offered him friendship and comfort.
Tony is survived by his sister Rebecca “Becky” and her husband Dan Freund of Canton, Kansas; brother Tim and his wife Bobbie Fey of Wichita, Kansas; Nephews Matthew and Justin Fey and Niece Sonya and her husband Lance Douglas.
He is preceded in death by his parents Jack and Trudy Fey.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Newton with the Reverend Nicholas Voelker Celebrant. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be prior to the Mass at 9: 30 a.m. at the church. In keeping with Tony’s wishes there will be no visitation and the casket will remain closed.
Memorials may be made in Tony’s name to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Cure of Ars Catholic Church or American Cancer Society.

[princessclyne69]

In the early 70s I used to see Tony occasionally at the long-gone hobby shop at 1318 W. 2nd in west Wichita, I believe it was called Hobby and Train Land.

He would have come in off a run from Durand and talk about how there were all these new GP38-2s on the property but when he showed up for a run there was an old 200 (GP7) on the point again.

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[peggyrothschild]

I’d first met Tony at one of the MPHS annual meets or was introduced to him at a train show. Tony gave a few slide shows at the annual meets and the room was always packed. He’d put up a random, favorite slide he’s taken 20 years ago; he’d look at the screen for a moment and, without any written notes, talk about the location, weather that day, what train he was on, meets with other trains or who they were switching that day. Tony was quite the author, one of my favorite articlees was published in CTC Board Illustrated in January 2003 where he talked about hiring on with the Mopac and the differences between his summer job with the Santa Fe and his new employer. He discussed the Mopac management being somewhere “..between the Boy Scouts and U.S. Marines”. It’s a wonderful insight to starting off as a new trainman in Kansas.

Tony wrote articles for The Eagle as well. ‘Fast Freight to Pueblo’ (Spring 1999) and ‘Bad Night on the Council Grove Subdivision’ (Summer 2001) are two that put you in the cab of an SD40-2 with Tony. His writing style was full of facts but easy to read too.

He was a longtime supporter of the MPHS. His annual membership was paid up for years in advance and when he learned he had cancer he made arrangements so his slide collection would be donated to the society as well as his 40 year collection of dispatcher sheets – which was one of his true collecting passions. He donated his Mopac artifacts and model railroad collection to the society so the proceeds would support the archives.

Tony will be missed.

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Here is a fairly recent photo of Tony at Arthur Bryant’s in KC. I believe he was meeting with a few folks from the MPHS.
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