Cox, Alvera Marie (1922 – 2010)

COX, PETERSEN, HANSEN, HOFFMAN, AUGUST, WESTON, GRIFFITH

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/4/2013 at 20:29:13

Name of deceased: Alvera Marie Cox (nee Petersen)

Aged: 88 yrs, 4 mo, 14 days

Residence: Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, IA

Born: Jan. 23, 1922, Beaver Crossing, NE

Died: June 6, 2010, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Graveside, Tuesday, June 8, 2010, Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA; Pastor Heather Ploen officiated.

Survived by: Son, Morris (spouse, Kathy) Cox of Audubon, IA; daughter, Lyn (spouse, Richard) Hansen of Audubon, IA; brothers, Merlin Petersen, Maynard (spouse, Faye) Petersen, and Darwin (spouse, Beverly) Petersen, all of York, NE; sister, Erma Hoffman of York, NE; grandchildren, Michelle (spouse, Andy) August, Mike (spouse, Athena) Hansen, Scot (spouse, Jen) Hansen, Angela (spouse, Chris) Weston, and Renee (spouse, Scott) Griffith; great-grandchildren, Alex, Maddy, Dek, Wyatt, Derek, Grant, Megan, and Kaitlyn

Predeceased by: parents, Henry and Emma Kristine (nee Hansen) Petersen; husband, Eugene Cox (deceased March 12, 2004); brothers, Clayton Petersen, Norval Petersen, and Willard Petersen

Education: information not provided

Marriage: Eugene Cabel Cox, Dec. 19, 1948, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Cordova, NE

Employment: Before marriage, worked 6 years as a nurse’s aide at York General Hospital, York, NE; after marriage, worked on own farm near Kimballton, IA, with spouse; retired March 1994

Hobbies/Interests: cooking, gardening, sewing, reading

Source: Burmeisterjohannsen.com