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Francis Jacob Cox

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Birth	:	28 Apr 1928 Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	28 May 2013 Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Saint Helenas Catholic Cemetery, Ellendale, Dickey County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.0073360, -98.5055960
Description	:	Francis Jacob Cox, 85 of Ellendale,ND was born April 28,1928 to Charles and Emma Lena(Watson)Cox in Mason City,IA. He was raised on the farm and attended school in Mason City. Fran also worked with his father in the family well drilling business. After his father's death in 1945 Fran ran the business until he entered the United States Navy in 1946. Fran served on the US kersage and the US Midway as ship fitter doing damage control and attended firefighters school in Philadelphia,PA. On a peace keeping tour around the world, Fran enjoyed shore leave in England,Italy, Greece, spain, Sweden,... Read More	Francis Jacob Cox, 85 of Ellendale,ND was born April 28,1928 to Charles and Emma Lena(Watson)Cox in Mason City,IA. He was raised on the farm and attended school in Mason City. Fran also worked with his father in the family well drilling business. After his father's death in 1945 Fran ran the business until he entered the United States Navy in 1946. Fran served on the US kersage and the US Midway as ship fitter doing damage control and attended firefighters school in Philadelphia,PA. On a peace keeping tour around the world, Fran enjoyed shore leave in England,Italy, Greece, spain, Sweden, Iceland and Cuba. After Fran was honorably discharged in 1948 he returned to Mason City where worked in a meat packing plant and sugar beet plant. in 1950 he married Jerry Cuypers. they moved to Coeur d'Alene, ID. where he worked Bunker Hill gold mine and a gas pipeline company. After being laid off from his work, fran went to work in a bakery. Later he moved to Jamestown, ND where he worked as manager at Cox's Bakery(no relation to Fran) for five years. In 1962 he began work as head baker at Jamestown State Hospital and in 1967 he purchased the bakery in Ellendale known as Fran's Bakery. On May 21,1968 fran married Carol Walks in Mayville,ND. Together they ran the Bakery and Coffee and Pizza Shop, expanding the restaurant in 1978. They returnd to just bakery in 1988. Fran retired from the bakery in 2006 and resided in Ellendale until his death May 28,2013 at his home. Fran enjoyed hunting,fishing and camping with family. Suvivors include his wife: Carol Cox,Ellendale,ND; two sons: terry(Joan) Farthing, Spokane,WA.Randy Farthing, Ellendale,ND; two daughters Gigi(vern)Heltemes, Moorhead,MN. Kathy(Joel) Bechtold, west fargo,ND; one daughter-in-law Julie Farthing, Midlothian,TX; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters Donna Pierce, Mason City,IA., Carole(Eugene)Bacon, Fort Collins,CO. He was preceded in death by his parents; three daughters: Cathy Sue Cox,Christie Berheim; Connie Shaw; two sons Randy Cox and Ronald Farthing; five sisters June,Goldie,Patricia,Zona,Ruth and four brothers: Eddy, Jackie,Glen and William.

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Francis Jacob Cox's memorial is located at: Saint Helenas Catholic Cemetery, Ellendale, Dickey County, USA.
When did Francis Jacob Cox death?
Francis Jacob Cox death on 28 May 2013 in Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 46.0073360
Longitude: -98.5055960

Family Members:

Parent

Charles Wesley Cox

(1894 - 1945)

EmmaLena E. Watson Cox

(1892 - 1985)

Spouse

Siblings

Glen Wesley Cox

(1917 - 1990)

June Georgetta Cox Patterson Faught

(1923 - 1977)

Ruth Luverna Cox Clemens

(1929 - 2010)

Children

Christie Ann Cox Berheim

(1950 - 1983)

Cathie Sue Cox

(1951 - 1952)

Randy Leo Cox

(1957 - 2010)

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