This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cox, Zaliski, Sparkman, Soefje, Hodges, Krause Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3737 Message Board Post: Henriann "Ann" Cox Henriann "Ann" Cox, 69, daughter of the late Mattie Ann and Henry Zaliski, entered eternal life with the Lord on April 28, 2006. She attended schools in Wisconsin, California, and Texas. Upon graduation from Iowa Park High School in June 1955, she graduated from Wichita General Hospital School of Nursing in August 1958. She also attended Midwestern University and Texas Tech University. She has been a Registered Nurse since 1958. Mrs. Cox worked at Lubbock Methodist Hospital for several years prior to returning to Iowa Park, Texas as a clinical instructor at Wichita General Hospital School of Nursing. She then entered public health nursing for Wichita County Public Health Department. Mrs. Cox moved to Victoria, Texas in 1974 and worked for Victoria County Health Department until her retirement in 1996. Ann and David moved to Bay City, Texas in January 1997, where she became a member of the First Baptist Church of Boling. Ann enjoyed traveling, her retirement, working in her flower gardens, and loving and playing with her grandchildren and her great grandson Zachary. Ann was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zaliski, brother Fred R. Zaliski, and granddaughter Natalie Nichole Cox. She is survived by: her husband, David F. Cox; son, David F. Cox II and wife Nancy; daughter, Lisa Ann Cox; grandchildren, Madeline Leigh Ann Cox, Jennifer Lynn Sparkman and spouse James Soefje, Leslie Ann Sparkman, Dustin Hodges, and Melissa Krause; great grandchild, Zachary Thomas Soefje, and numerous nieces and nephews. The family would like to express their gratitude to the staff at Matagorda General Hospital in Bay City, Methodist Hospital in Houston, American Home Patient in Bay City, and Angels Home Healthcare in Bay City. An individual thanks to Dr. Hanna, Dr. O'Dwyer, Dr. Rorig, and pharmacist Mike Muecke. Visitation was held from 2 until 4 p.m . Sunday, April 30, 2006 at Wharton Funeral Home. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 1, 2006 at First Baptist Church in Boling, Texas with the Rev. Skip Holman officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery in Wharton. Serving as pallbearers will be James Soefje, Dustin Hodges, Michael Bernhardt, Jay Powell, Joseph Coston, and Hugh Vallely. Memorials may be offered to the Ronald McDonald House in loving memory of Natalie Nichole Cox. Wharton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Bay City Tribune Published May 3, 2006 Matagorda County, Texas