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 Ethel
Cox
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[July
02, 2007]
Ethel
Leona Smith Cox, 102, of Lincoln went home to
the Lord on Saturday, June 30, 2007. She died at
3:08 a.m. at Prairie Village in Rantoul.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. |
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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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