Wilcox, Ellen L.

Funeral services for Ellen L. Wilcox, 86, of Davenport, who died Aug. 14. 2012, will be 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Church, Davenport. The family will greet friends at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral from 10 to 11 a.m. on Monday. Burial will follow at Davenport Memorial Park Mausoleum.

Mrs. Wilcox was born Aug. 13, 1926, in Clinton County, Iowa, to George and Adah Martin Hansen. She graduated from Elwood High School and Iowa State Teachers College (UNI), Cedar Falls. She transferred to the University of Iowa.

She taught school at Guttenberg, Clarence, Van Horne, Belle Plaine, Tipton and Davenport. She worked as a sales counselor at Davenport Memorial Park from 1984 to 1991. On Aug. 5, 1950, she married William H. Wilcox in Iowa City. He preceded her in death on Sept. 12, 2007.

She taught Sunday school at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral and earlier at St. Allans. Mrs. Wilcox served as president of the Davenport Evening Lady Lions and was active in the Jaycees and Davenport Junior Women's Club, receiving “Woman of the Year Award” in 1964. From 1964 to 1966, she served as junior director of all junior women's clubs in Iowa and then public office in GFWC from 1966 to 1968. Also she enjoyed dancing, traveling, oil painting and being a mother and homemaker.

Survivors include one son, Richard of Davenport; daughters, Mrs. Lisa Lord of Shreveport, La., and Tana of Santa Barbara, Calif.; grandsons, Michael Lord and Brian Lord; and one granddaughter, Sarah Lord.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bill; three sisters and two brothers.

Memorials made be made to the American Lung Association r Iowa Hospice.

Published Aug. 19, 2012 in The Gazette