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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271287
Title: Judith E. Cox
Date: 11/25/1945-9/23/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 11/25/1945
Summary: Judy Cox, 78, of Ray, ND, passed away September 23, 2024, at St. Benedict’s Health Center in Dickinson, ND. A funeral service was held October 5, 2024, at Ray Lutheran Church. Judith Elaine Cox was born on November 25, 1945, in Lewistown, MT, to Floyd and Lorraine (Lenling) Harris. Home for Judy was on a ranch thirty miles north of Lewistown, near the small ranching community of Grass Range, MT. She attended the first grade at a small country school in Blakesly, MT. She then attended grades two through twelve in Grass Range, graduating in 1964. Judy worked at the Yellowstone Park Fishing Bridge during the summer of 1964. In 1965 and 1966, she attended Eastern Montana College in Billings, MT. A change of interest brought her to a job at the Billings Chamber of Commerce in 1967. Judy changed courses again in 1968, when she decided to work as a stewardess for American Airlines in California. Judy met Gary Cox in the early 1970s, and the couple were married on December 13, 1974. They began their married lives in Billings where they welcomed their first child, Michael, in 1978, followed by Brendan, in 1985. The family moved to Ray in 1989, when Gary became employed by Northwest Communications. Gary, Judy, and the boys made many friends in Ray. Judy enjoyed her role as a stay-at-home mom to her cherished boys. After Gary retired in 2011, the couple made several trips to Idaho to visit Judy’s sister and family. They also made a few trips to Montana to visit Judy’s brothers, sister and many other family. Judy was a cancer warrior after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018. She remained strong throughout her surgeries and treatments until the last year, when her body could no longer fight. Judy was the kindest, most loving person you could ever meet. She tried to find the good in all people. She loved babies, kittens, her family, and friends, and she will be missed by all. Judy is survived by her husband, Gary, of Ray; her children, Michael and Brendan (Sara), of Dickinson; her grandchildren, Louis and Edison; her sisters, Loretta and Patti (Jim), of Payette, ID; and her brothers, William, of Grass Range, and David (Teri), of Winnet, MT; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Karen; infant brother, Michael; and aunt, Alice.
Red ID: FND_I_78777 Image ID: 514539 Image Notes: FND001 271287

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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