Obit: Cox, Fred I. (1899 - 1962)

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Surnames: Cox, Meyer

----- Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.) 09/27/1962

----- Cox, Fred I. (3 NOV 1899 - 27 SEP 1962)

Fred I. Cox, Sr., 62, of Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.), died at his home about 1:30 Monday afternoon of a stroke.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. A. Moldenhauer officiating. Burial will be in the Loyal Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Myre Funeral Home until noon Thursday when the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until time of services.

Mr. Cox was born Nov. 3, 1899 in the town of Omro, was educated there, and lived there until the time of his marriage to Minna Meyer on June 7, 1922. The couple lived at Greshman until 1923 when they came to Loyal, where Mr. Cox was engaged in the livestock business. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and served as a trustee for many years.

He is survived by his wife; one son, Fred Cox, Jr. of Loyal; three grandsons; one sister, Miss Sadie Cox of Oshkosh; and three brothers, John Cox, Omro, Joe Cox, Beaver Dam, N.Y.; and Mrlvin Cox, Renton, Wash.