Ivadelle (Tillie) Cox, 1912-1994

COX, LAMBERT

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/28/2009 at 12:00:48

Estherville - Memorial services for Mrs. Ivadelle (Tillie) Cox, 81, of Estherville, will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m., at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville with the Rev. Dr. John P. Besore III officiating. She died Thursday, July 7, 1994 at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville. There will be no visitation prior to services.

She was born Au 23, 1912 at Bradgate [Iowa], the daughter of Harley and Rose (Godden) Lambert. She attended Estherville schools graduating from high school in 1930. On Sept. 16, 1930 she married Robert Cox at Fairmont, Minn. The couple traveled the Midwest and Eastern United States as her husband played with the Big Bands. They lived in Estes Park, Colo. and Arnolds Park [Iowa] before returning to Estherville. She was employed by R. C. Brown'hop, for many years. Following her husband's death in 1989 she moved to Long Beach, Calif., to be near her daughters. In 1993 she moved back to Estherville and was a resident at Good Samaritan Center.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, where sht Sunday school, member of Order of Eastern Star, a Girl Scout Leader for 23 years, a member of El Dorado Pommunity church in Long Beach, Calif.

Survivors include daughters, Virginia Oleson, LaPalma, Calif. and Cindi Miller, St. Paul, Minn.; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Robert, and two sisters.

Submitted by: Ruth M. Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, July 13, 1994.