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Robert Michael
Cox Sr.
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1948 - 2007
Mike Cox,
58, of
Liberty,
Missouri
passed away
March 3,
2007 at his
home after a
yearlong
battle with
cancer.
Visitation
will take
place 6-8
p.m.
Tuesday,
March 6 at
Church-Archer-Pasley
Funeral
Home,
Liberty
(816-781-2000).
Funeral
services
will be 1
p.m.
Wednesday at
the funeral
home. Burial
in Missouri
State
Veterans
Cemetery,
Higginsville,
MO.
Donations to
Ron Gulick
Sr. in care
of Ron
Gulick
Foundation
for Spinal
Cord
Research,
4400 N.
Main, KCMO
64116. A
lifelong
Kansas City
resident,
Mike was
born on
April 20,
1948 to Bob
and Helen
Cox. He was
a 1966
graduate of
Northeast
High School.
After
graduation,
he proudly
served his
country as
an
infantryman
in the
Vietnam War,
earning two
purple
hearts. Upon
returning,
he married
Janice
Gulick and
they had 3
children. He
worked for
Asbestos
Local 27 for
more than 20
years,
before
retiring in
2002. He
went on to
marry Ruth
Tingle and
was by her
side as she
battled
cancer. She
was with him
through good
times and
many hard
times and
will be
forever
appreciated
and loved by
Mike's
family for
her love and
care as he
fought
cancer. He
was preceded
in death by
his parents
Bob and
Helen Cox,
sister,
Patricia
Brenner, and
infant
grandson
Spencer
David Bray.
Survivors
include wife
Ruth Cox,
her
daughters
Carrie and
Stacey
Tingle, and
grandson
Damon
Hollis. Mike
was Dad to
Kristen,
Kelley and
Michael,
Papa to his
grandsons
Brett Bray
and Dalton
Blake Cox,
and Big Mike
to
daughter-in-law
Amy Cox and
granddaughters
Lyndsey and
Sydney
Martin. You
were friend,
uncle,
husband, Dad
and grandpa.
Thank you so
much for
your
loyalty, for
making us
laugh, and
most of all
for loving
us-all the
time. We are
happy the
pain is over
for you and
so sad
because we
will forever
miss you.
Fond
memories and
condolences
may be left
at
www.dwnewcomers.com
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