DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PENWELL-GABEL MID TOWN CHAPEL
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1. Full Name: Donna J. Cox Age: 67 Years Sex: Female
2. Current address: Of Topeka
3. Date of death: Saturday , April 3, 2004
4 Place of death: A Topeka care facility
6. Date of birth: September 13, 1936 Place of birth: Marshall, Missouri
6.b. Parents: Eugene C. and Inez Waller Siebert
7. Background: Mrs. Cox graduated from Marshall High School in Marshall, Missouri, Missouri Valley
College in Marshall, Missouri and then graduated from Emporial State University where she received her Masters
Degree in Elementary Education. She taught school in Webster Grove, Missouri, Maryville, Missouri and for the
last 31 years at East Avendale Elementary School before retiring in 1995. She was a member of the Alpha Delta
Kappa Sorority, Southwest Kiwanis Club of Topeka and the First Christian Church. She received the Master
Teacher Award from U.S.D. 501 in 1990.
8. Relatives: Married to: Donald G. Cox on August 14, 1960 in Marshall, Missouri. He survives.
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Daughter: Deborah D. Blaker and husband, Bradley of Topeka
Granddaughter: Jamie Nicole Grittman of Topeka
9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town
Chapel.
10. Burial: Entombment will follow at Penwell-Gabel Memorial Park Cemetery
11. Visitation times, place: Mrs. Cox will lie in state after 2:00 p.m. Monday at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town
Chapel where the family will receive friends from 7:00-8:00 p.m.
13. Memorial contributions, if any: In Lieu of flowers, Kansas Kiwanis Foundation Scholarship Fund,
P.O. Box 1371, Salina, Ks. 67402-1371
14. Funeral home in charge: Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kansas
66604 Acct #86653540
Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.penwellgabel.com
Director: Brian M. Voigt
785-354-8558