The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday January 3, 1952 Tom Wilcox. Tom Wilcox, 71, of Jarbalo, Kan., died Wednesday in a Topeka hospital. He was born January 27, 1880 in Louisburg, Ky., and had made his home in Jarbalo since 1904. He was a carpenter and contractor. A brother, Luther Wilcox, of Topeka, survives. The funeral will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary with burial in McLouth Cemetery.