Robert A. Cox, 1911-1989

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Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/28/2009 at 12:08:07

Services for Robert Austin Cox, 78, will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tom Balm officiating. Interment will be in East Side Cemetery. He died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1989 at Holy Family Hospital [in Estherville, Iowa].

He was born Jan. 10, 1911 at Estherville, the son of Jesse and Mable (Berberick) Cox. He attended schools in Chicago, St. Paul and graduated in 1930 from Estherville High School. On Sept. 15, 1930 he was married to Ivadelle Lambert. He lived most of his life in Estherville where he and his father operated the Jesse Cox Sign and Scenic Studio until retiring in 1976. The couple traveled with the Big Bands where he played bass viol and tuba. He also played with the Abu Bekr Shrine band 25 years.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church; past member of North Star Masonic Order; Abu Bekr Shrine, Sioux City; B.P.O.E.; Knights of Pythias and Kiwanis Club.

Survivors include his wife Ivadelle (Tillie); two daughters: Mrs. Virginia Oleson, LaPalma, Calif., and Mrs. Dave (Cindi) Miller, Long Beach, Calif.; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, and one brother Earl, Brooksville, Fla.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

Contributed by: Ruth M. Hackett. Source: Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, December 2, 1989.