Ricky C. Cox, age 69, passed away at his home on July 16, 2015. He was born on August 1, 1945 in Ransom the son of Leslie and Hanna Gross Cox.

He was a farmer and stockman and a member of the American Legion Olin Cole Post 392, Bazine, Kansas. He was a United States Army Veteran having served in Korea during the Vietnam War.

On May 4, 1968 he married Linda Wasinger in Ness City. She survives, of the home. Other survivors include: four sons, Darrin Cox, Ness City, Brandon and Travis Cox, Wichita, Jarrod Cox, Denver, Colorado; one daughter, Kayla Cox, Wichita; one brother, Merlyn Cox, Wichita; four grandchildren and one great grandson. He was preceded in death by a son, Justin Cox, and a granddaughter, Courie Cox.

Visitation will be at Fitzgerald Funeral Home on Friday, July 17, 2015 from 4:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. with the family present from 7-9 P.M. Funeral service will be on Saturday, July 18, 2015, 10:30 A.M. at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City. Burial will be in the Bazine Cemetery at 11:30 A.M., those who can not attend the funeral are invited to come to the cemetery for the committal service.

Memorial contributions to the Ness County EMS or the Wounded Warrior Project.

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