Wilcox, Nell Irene

WILCOX, LEONARD, GUNNETTE, SARGENT

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/26/2013 at 01:23:03

Nell Irene Wilcox, 97, Clear Lake, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011 at the Oakwood
Care Center, Clear Lake.

A private inurnment was held at the Clear Lake Cemetery with Pastors Jill and
Bob Brandstad of the Community of Christ Church officiating. A Celebration of
Life will be held at a later date. Memorials may be given to the Community of
Christ Church or Hospice of North Iowa.

Nell was born Jan. 28, 1914 in Logan, Iowa, Harrison County, the daughter of
Earl and Wilma (Gunnette) Leonard. She attended country school and graduated
from Logan High School. She married Arthur Wayne Wilcox Aug. 24, 1936 in Logan.
She worked side by side with Wayne in a grocery business in Council Bluffs,
Iowa. In 1952, they moved to Clear Lake where they purchased Wilcox Furniture
from Wayne’s brother, Wendell. Nell was involved in all facets of the business
from accounting, to sales, to purchasing, and of course, decorating. She worked
with him in the furniture store for over 30 years and when her mother came to
live with them, she retired.

Nell was a member of the Community of Christ Church, where she taught Sunday
school, was a Women’s Group leader, sang in the choir, and was choir director.
She was a member of Wa Tan Ye, Clear Lake Women’s Club, and T.T.T. Nell
enjoyed painting with oil, bowling, golfing, and traveling. She and Wayne spent
19 winters in Mission, Texas.

Nell is survived by her daughter, Janelle Sargent and her husband, Dale, Clear
Lake; two grandchildren, Jennifer Moore and her husband, Bruce, Scottsdale, Az.,
and Jeff Sargent and his wife, Heather, Highland, Utah; great-grandchildren,
Sarah and Stephen Moore, and Sophia and Isabella Sargent; sister, Maxine Lloyd,
Kennewick, Wash.; sisters-in-law, Zola Beth Leonard, Woodbine, Iowa; several
nieces and nephews; and her “Wilcox Furniture family.”

Nell was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Wayne Wilcox; two brothers,
Reuben Leonard and Ivan Leonard.