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Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. A
celebration of life service will be at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday at Beason United Methodist Church, with the
Rev. Dayle Eldredge officiating.
Burial will be in Harmony Cemetery, Beason.
Mrs. Cox enjoyed helping her husband farm, baked
pies at Lincoln College and was a caregiver at
Bartmann Nursing Home in rural Lincoln.
She was born July 28, 1904, in Beason as the
fourth child of Humphrey and Elizabeth Smyth Smith.
She married Harold Cox on Sept. 12, 1939, and he
preceded her in death.
She is survived by one daughter, Barbara A. (and
Elbert) Gentry of White Heath; six grandchildren,
Peter D. (and Carolyn) Vanderkloot of Monticello,
Steven E. (and Trina) Gentry of Lino Lakes, Minn.,
Sean E. Vanderkloot of Coon Rapids, Minn., Susan L.
(and Steven) Mercer of Chillicothe, Kimberly A. (and
Chris) Patton of Monticello and Michael L. (and
Breine) Gentry of Clinton; and nine
great-grandchildren
She was also preceded in death by a brother,
Wilbur Smith; an infant brother; and three sisters,
Marguerite Jett, Marie Remington and Mildred
Randolph. |
She was a member of Harmony Methodist Church and
then of Beason United Methodist Church. She was a
member of the Order of the Eastern Star for 77 years
and a past member of Logan County Home Extension.
She attended Union School, graduated from Beason
High School in 1923 and attended Lincoln College.
She enjoyed spending time with her family, baking
pies and sewing.
Memorials may be made to Beason United Methodist
Church or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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