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Geneva eateries Foxfire, Copper Fox co-owner Curt Gulbro dies at 82

‘An amazing man who had never met a stranger’

By Brenda Schory
Curt (left) and K.C. Gulbro, owners of the Copper Fox banquet hall-event center in Geneva, are offering a Homecoming Redo Oct. 20 - in case you missed your 2020 homecoming due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Curt (left) and his son, K.C. Gulbro, own the Copper Fox banquet hall and Foxfire restaurant in Geneva. Curt Gulbro died Sunday, Aug. 4 at age 82. (Photo provided by K.C. Gulbro)

Curt Gulbro, co-owner of Foxfire restaurant and the Copper Fox banquet hall in Geneva, died Aug. 4 at Greenfields of Geneva, according to an obituary and social media.

Gulbro was 82.

According to a Facebook post by his son K.C. Gulbro, chef and co-owner of the businesses with his father, Curt Gulbro died unexpectedly.

“We are still in shock and grieving from it all,” according to the post. “My dad told me, ‘Do not be sad when someone you love passes away because a piece of them will live on with you and those they have touched along the way.’ Curt was an amazing man who had never met a stranger. Quick with a joke and a smile, Curt could tell a story like no other and had a heart as big as the moon.”

The funeral service was Aug. 9 at Grace Lutheran Church in Streamwood.

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