Note: he was a veteran

Note: portrait in newspaper

Obituary printed in the Feb. 20, 2016 Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska

Wilcox, Kenneth L. “Porky”

Aug. 5, 1938 ~ Feb. 19, 2016

Council Bluffs. Proudly service his country in the U.S. Army from 1957-1960. Porky was an electrician for Local #22 and then worked 17 years for Jennie Edmundson Hospital, retiring in 2008. Preceded by his parents; wife, Carolyn “Tiny” Wilcox on April 3, 2012; brothers, Lyle Jr., Robert and Richard Wilcox. Survived by his daughter, Connie Wilcox of Ocala, FL; sons, Kenneth (Terri) Wilcox Jr, Robert (Michelle) Wilcox all of Council Bluffs; 6 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren; sisters, Shirley (Bryce) Jones, Sharon (Francis) Zurn; brother, James Wilcox, all in Pennsylvania; special friend, Sharon Weber of Council Bluffs; nieces and nephews.

Visitation with the family Sunday 2-4 pm at Cutler-O’Neill-Meyer-Woodring Bayliss Park Chapel. Funeral Service Monday, 9 am at the funeral home. Interment Plumer Settlement Cemetery with military rites tendered by Kanesville Riders Honor Guard. Memorials are suggested to Fifth Avenue Methodist Church.

Cutler-O’Neill-Meyer-Woodring Bayliss Park Chapel, 545 Willow Ave., Council Bluffs, IA

~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

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