Idaho County ID Archives Obituaries.....Wilcox, Benjamin Franklin January 23, 1957
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Idaho County Free Press, Grangeville, ID; January 24, 1957
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.


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