Lois M. Cox

Friday, April 21, 2017
Lois M. Cox

Lois M. Cox, 86, Arvada, Colo., formerly of the Nevada area, passed away on Jan. 25, 2017 at Almost Like Home Memory Care Facility in Arvada, Colo. She was born on July 24, 1930 at home in Vernon County to Landon William Palmer and Mary Harris Palmer. She graduated from Nevada High School in 1948.

Lois married her high school sweetheart on Sept. 17, 1949 in Nevada, Mo. She was a housewife and mother.

Survivors include two sons: Ed Cox and his wife LaDonna of Fort Scott, Kan., and Bill Cox and his wife Nancy Ing of College Station, Texas; two daughters: Kathi Likes of Arvada, Colo., and Kay Afshar and her husband David Afshar of Hollister, Mo.; six grandchildren: Sarah Cox, Bobby Afshar, Dusty Afshar, Aurora Cox, Kaleb Afshar and Westley Cox; one sister Joan Laos and many nieces and nephews.

Lois was preceded in death by her husband Vernon Cox, her sister Jane Waldrip, and her brother Robert Palmer.

Memorial services will be held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 2:30 p.m. until the hour of service at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to Barone Alzheimer’s Care Center in Nevada in care of Ferry Funeral Home.

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