Enid News and Eagle; Enid, Garfield Co., OK

December 27, 2007

Submitted by: Jo AGUIRRE

Eileen Mabel REMPEL COX

Funeral services for Eileen Mabel Rempel Cox, 84, will be 2 p.m. Friday at Henninger-Allen Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Rose LeRoy will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be a family visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mabel was born May 16, 1923, in Corn to George G. and Mary Warkentine Rempel and passed away Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center. Mabel graduated from Enid High School.

On June 9, 1942, she married Victor D. Cox. The couple made their home on a farm east of Enid. She worked as a kitchen manager of Pleasant Vale School. Pursuing a personal goal, Mabel graduated with the first Licensed Practical Nurse training course at O.T. Autry Vocational Technical School. She worked for a number of years at many local area nursing homes. After leaving the farm in 1974, Mabel and Victor moved to Enid where they resided until Victor’s death in 2003. Mabel continued to reside in the family home until illness required a change of residence. Mabel was an active member of Bethany United Methodist Church for over 50 years.

Mabel is survived by one daughter, Haven L. Colquitt and husband Harold of Enid; one son, Richard D. Cox of Enid; one sister, Leora Thesman of Enid; five grandchildren, Patrick Cox, stationed with the Navy in Norfolk, VA, Brian Cox of Chapel Hill, N.C., Kelly Cox of Enid, Jon David Colquitt and his wife Leslea of Thomasville, GA, Jason Colquitt and his wife Sabrina of Concord, N.C.; and seven great-grandchildren. Mabel was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Victor, and one sister Viola Davidson.

In consideration of her great-granddaughter’s recent battle with brain cancer, Mabel asked that donations be made in lieu of flowers to the Savannah Colquitt medical fund with Henninger-Allen Funeral Home acting as custodian of the funds.