Bertie Jean Cox

April 1, 1926 - November 20, 2010

Age: 84

Columbus, Indiana



Date of Death: Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.
Place of Death: Columbus Regional Hospital

Date of Birth: April 1, 1926
Place of Birth: Jennings County, Indiana

Date of Funeral: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Place: Bass & Gasper Funeral Home at Westport
Officiating: Rev. Wesley Jones
Place of Burial: Westport Cemetery
Visitation:
Friends may call from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, at the Flintwood Wesleyan Church in Columbus and at the funeral home one
                   hour prior to service on Wednesday.

 

Parents: Cleet Monroe and Bessie Viola (Barnes) Miller
 

Residential: She was raised in Decatur County and had resided in Westport from 1967 until she moved to Columbus in 1994.

Education: She graduated from Zenas High School in 1944 and from Franklin Bible College in 1945.

Occupation: She was an LPN, working at Nursing Homes in Greensburg and North  Vernon, at Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck State Hospital.

                         She had been a care giver and nanny for many local families throughout the years.  

                         She was also the Top National Saleswoman for Look magazine for 15 years.

                         She also had been employed by
Columbus Security

Memberships: Westport Wesleyan Church

                             Pinnacle Homemakers Club

                             Red Hatters Society

                             Columbus Senior Citizens Group

Hobbies: She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends.

                   She had a great love for animals, enjoyed raising her dogs, music, gardening and traveling.

 

Married to: Richard W. Cox
         Date: February 4, 1948
       Place: Greensburg, Indiana

   He preceded her in death on May 28, 1993

 

                                

                              SURVIVORS:

 

1 Daughter - Ruth Darlene Morford - Columbus, Indiana

3 Grandchildren - Frederick Wayne Weber, III - Cortland, Indiana

                                Dustin Gene Prewitt - Columbus, Indiana

                                Tiffany Nichole Del Bianco - Columbus, Indiana

2 Step Grandchildren - Margie Dasovich - Columbus, Indiana

                                         Nicole Yonkin - North Carolina

12 Great Grandchildren

1 Great Great Grandson

Several nieces and nephews

 

Preceded in death by: Parents

                                           Husband

                                             1 Daughter – Nancy Jean Cox

                                             1 Brother - Glenn Miller                    

                                             3 Sisters - Ada Mauer
                                                               Gladys Hellmich
                                                               Ruth Rogers

        

 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association through the funeral home. 

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