Harry M. Cox (2010)

COX, GRIMES, JANES

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 9/9/2010 at 17:52:39

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

HARRY COX, Winterset

Harry M. Cox, 63, of Winterset died Sept. 5, 2010, at Winterset Care Center North following a short battle with cancer.

Funeral services were held today (Wednesday, Sept. 8) at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. Burial was at Union Chapel Cemetery in rural St. Charles with military honors performed by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8142 and American Legion Post 184, both of Winterset. Memorials may be directed to Middle River Hospice of Winterset.

Harry Cox was born April 23, 1947, in Madison County to Lee and Joan (Janes) Cox. He spent his childhood in Dayton, Iowa, graduating in 1965 from Dayton High School. After high school, he joined the National Guard and served in the United States Army. Later, he joined his family in Winterset where he lived, with the exception of 11 years when he resided in Loveland, Colo. Harry retired in 2009 from McAninch where he was a heavy equipment operator. He was a member of the Operators Union Local 234 of Des Moines.

He was preceded in death by his father.

He is survived by his mother, Joan Cox of Winterset; one son, Shane Cox of Forest City; two brothers, Gene Cox and Marvin Cox, both of Winterset; one sister, Dixie Grimes of Des Moines; and five grandchildren.

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