From The Greeley Citizen, Greeley, Nebraska, Thursday, May 31, 1945, transcribed by Linda Berney:
MRS. J. J. COX DIES THURSDAY –
Funeral Services Are Held Sunday Afternoon At Methodist Church – Mrs. J. J. Cox, 79, died early Thursday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fred Wagner. Mrs. Cox suffered a heart attack April 20 and had been confined to bed since that time. Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Wolbach after brief services at the J. W. Cox home. Rev. W. J. Primrose of St. Paul officiated. Pallbearers were Ed McKelvey, Scott Barr, Dr. A. H. Holm, Bill Allen Archie Nelson and Algie Wibbels. Burial was in Hillside cemetery.
Ellen Russell was born January 23, 1866, at Richview, Ill. She spent her childhood and grew to womanhood there. On October 15, 1885, she was married in Richview to John J. Cox. Four years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Cox moved to Nebraska, locating on a farm near Cedar Rapids. They later moved to a farm near Wolbach, where they lived until 1938, when they moved to Wolbach because of failing health.
Surviving are eight children: Mrs. Ada Trautman and Mrs. Corda Wagner of Wolbach, Mrs. Ida Auten of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Bertha Kinney of Martinez, Cal., Mrs. Gladys Pierpont of Grand Island, Charles L. of Tulare, Cal., J. William of Wolbach, and Oliver J., of Spalding. Also surviving are two brothers, Jake Russell of Centralia, Ill., and Charles Russell of Oakland, Cal., 22 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Cox was preceded in death by her husband, two sisters and four brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Cox observed their golden wedding anniversary on October 15, 1935.
MRS. J. J. COX DIES THURSDAY –
Funeral Services Are Held Sunday Afternoon At Methodist Church – Mrs. J. J. Cox, 79, died early Thursday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fred Wagner. Mrs. Cox suffered a heart attack April 20 and had been confined to bed since that time. Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Wolbach after brief services at the J. W. Cox home. Rev. W. J. Primrose of St. Paul officiated. Pallbearers were Ed McKelvey, Scott Barr, Dr. A. H. Holm, Bill Allen Archie Nelson and Algie Wibbels. Burial was in Hillside cemetery.
Ellen Russell was born January 23, 1866, at Richview, Ill. She spent her childhood and grew to womanhood there. On October 15, 1885, she was married in Richview to John J. Cox. Four years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Cox moved to Nebraska, locating on a farm near Cedar Rapids. They later moved to a farm near Wolbach, where they lived until 1938, when they moved to Wolbach because of failing health.
Surviving are eight children: Mrs. Ada Trautman and Mrs. Corda Wagner of Wolbach, Mrs. Ida Auten of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Bertha Kinney of Martinez, Cal., Mrs. Gladys Pierpont of Grand Island, Charles L. of Tulare, Cal., J. William of Wolbach, and Oliver J., of Spalding. Also surviving are two brothers, Jake Russell of Centralia, Ill., and Charles Russell of Oakland, Cal., 22 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Cox was preceded in death by her husband, two sisters and four brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Cox observed their golden wedding anniversary on October 15, 1935.
From The Greeley Citizen, Greeley, Nebraska, Thursday, May 31, 1945, transcribed by Linda Berney:
MRS. J. J. COX DIES THURSDAY –
Funeral Services Are Held Sunday Afternoon At Methodist Church – Mrs. J. J. Cox, 79, died early Thursday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fred Wagner. Mrs. Cox suffered a heart attack April 20 and had been confined to bed since that time. Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Wolbach after brief services at the J. W. Cox home. Rev. W. J. Primrose of St. Paul officiated. Pallbearers were Ed McKelvey, Scott Barr, Dr. A. H. Holm, Bill Allen Archie Nelson and Algie Wibbels. Burial was in Hillside cemetery.
Ellen Russell was born January 23, 1866, at Richview, Ill. She spent her childhood and grew to womanhood there. On October 15, 1885, she was married in Richview to John J. Cox. Four years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Cox moved to Nebraska, locating on a farm near Cedar Rapids. They later moved to a farm near Wolbach, where they lived until 1938, when they moved to Wolbach because of failing health.
Surviving are eight children: Mrs. Ada Trautman and Mrs. Corda Wagner of Wolbach, Mrs. Ida Auten of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Bertha Kinney of Martinez, Cal., Mrs. Gladys Pierpont of Grand Island, Charles L. of Tulare, Cal., J. William of Wolbach, and Oliver J., of Spalding. Also surviving are two brothers, Jake Russell of Centralia, Ill., and Charles Russell of Oakland, Cal., 22 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Cox was preceded in death by her husband, two sisters and four brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Cox observed their golden wedding anniversary on October 15, 1935.
MRS. J. J. COX DIES THURSDAY –
Funeral Services Are Held Sunday Afternoon At Methodist Church – Mrs. J. J. Cox, 79, died early Thursday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Fred Wagner. Mrs. Cox suffered a heart attack April 20 and had been confined to bed since that time. Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Wolbach after brief services at the J. W. Cox home. Rev. W. J. Primrose of St. Paul officiated. Pallbearers were Ed McKelvey, Scott Barr, Dr. A. H. Holm, Bill Allen Archie Nelson and Algie Wibbels. Burial was in Hillside cemetery.
Ellen Russell was born January 23, 1866, at Richview, Ill. She spent her childhood and grew to womanhood there. On October 15, 1885, she was married in Richview to John J. Cox. Four years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Cox moved to Nebraska, locating on a farm near Cedar Rapids. They later moved to a farm near Wolbach, where they lived until 1938, when they moved to Wolbach because of failing health.
Surviving are eight children: Mrs. Ada Trautman and Mrs. Corda Wagner of Wolbach, Mrs. Ida Auten of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Bertha Kinney of Martinez, Cal., Mrs. Gladys Pierpont of Grand Island, Charles L. of Tulare, Cal., J. William of Wolbach, and Oliver J., of Spalding. Also surviving are two brothers, Jake Russell of Centralia, Ill., and Charles Russell of Oakland, Cal., 22 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Cox was preceded in death by her husband, two sisters and four brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Cox observed their golden wedding anniversary on October 15, 1935.
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