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Idaho
County Free Press Thursday,
January 24, 1957 DIES OF
HEART ATTACK WHEN CAR
BECOMES STALLED Ben Wilcox, long time
resident of Grangeville vicinity died Wednesday about noon from a heart attack.
He had been living at the Walter Cash home and was endeavoring to get his car
out of a snowdrift when the attack occurred. Coroner R.M. Buttermore and sheriff Bud Taylor were called and went to the scene with considerable difficulty.
Idaho
County Free Press Thursday,
January 31, 1957 RITES HELD
FOR BENJAMIN
WILCOX BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WILCOX
died January 23 at the Walter Cash ranch in the Tolo Lake District, where he had
been living for the past two years. Mr. Wilcox was born October
7, 1890, in Mehema, Ore., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bela Wilcox. He spent the
early years of his life in Kendrick, where he received his grade and high school
education. He then moved to Moscow where he attended the University of Idaho. In
1912 Mr. Wilcox married Laura B. Cash at Grangeville. They later
separated. Mr. Wilcox worked for
several years at Mullan. During World War II, he worked as an engineer at Pasco,
and at the conclusion of the war returned to Idaho to work for the State Highway
Department as an engineer. He is survived by a son
Harold Wilcox, Denver; one grandchild; two great grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews. Funeral services for
Benjamin Franklin Wilcox were held Saturday at the Robertson-Hansen funeral
chapel. Rev. R.J. Kennedy officiated. Interment was in the Prairie View
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Virgil Manring, Jim Altman, Manford Cash, Floyd Davis, Lester
Wilkins, Bert Sherwin. Esther Von Bargen sang and played appropriate music. Submitted by Chris
Cornett
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