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Evelyn Cox Moffitt

8 Dec 1866 – 12 Feb 1965

Birth	8 Dec 1866
Death	12 Feb 1965
Cemetery	Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Millcreek , Salt Lake County , Utah , USA
Added by	Cathy Peacock on 19 Oct 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78733655

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PUBLISHED IN DESERET NEWS February 15, 1965 MRS. MOFFITT DIES AT 98; RITES SLATED---Mrs. Evelyn Cox Moffitt, 2924 14th east, mother of the former superintendent of Provo City Schools, died Friday of natural causes in a Salt lake City hospital. She was 98 years old. Mrs. Moffitt was born December 8, 1866, in Manti, to Fredric Walter and Cordelia Morley Cox. She married John W. Moffitt in the Manti Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, December 11, 1889. Mr. Moffitt died in 1926. Mrs. Moffitt served as a ward Relief Society president for many years and was Relief Society president of Duchesne Stake for 17 years. In her later years she continued to do temple work and attend Relief Society and Sunday School regularly. The last few years of her life were spent in the home of a married daughter, Mrs. Lillis Wilkins, Salt Lake City. A son, Dr. John Clifton Moffitt, is a former superintendent of Provo City schools and is presently treasurer of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. Mrs. Moffitt was the mother of five children, three of whom are still living: Dr. Moffitt, Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Oneta Fortie, Salt Lake City. Her survivors also include 19 grandchildren, 62 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday noon in the Imperial Second Ward chapel, 1560 Atkin Ave. (2830 South). Friends may call at 260 E. South Temple Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and one hour prior to the services Thursday at the chapel. Burial will be in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.

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Family

Parents

• Frederick Walter Cox 1812–1879 FaG
• Cordelia Calista Morley Cox 1823–1915 FaG

Spouse

• John W. Moffitt 1866–1926

Siblings

• Frederick Walter Cox Jr 1836–1921 FaG
• Louisa Jane Cox 1839–1846 FaG
• William Arthur Cox 1840–1932 FaG
• Eliza Emeline Cox 1843–1846 FaG
• Lovina Emeline Cox Van Buren 1846–1935 FaG
• Rosalia Ellen Cox Driggs 1846–1924 FaG
• Edwin Marion Cox 1848–1932 FaG
• Mary Adelaide Cox Reid 1848–1908 FaG
• Therissa Emerett Cox Clark 1849–1933 FaG
• George Byron Cox 1849–1934 FaG
• Sarah Ann Cox Anderson 1851–1931 FaG
• Esther Philena Cox Snow 1852–1919 FaG
• Emily Amelia Cox Tuttle 1852–1919 FaG
• Francis Morley Cox 1853–1937 FaG
• Abraham Losee Cox 1853–1854 FaG
• Harriet Lenora Cox Reid 1855–1941
• Elvira Jane Cox Alder 1855–1909 FaG
• Isaac Cox 1856–1856 FaG
• Samuel Cox 1856–1856 FaG
• Calista Cordelia Cox Crawford 1857–1933 FaG
• Charles Adelbert Cox 1857–1942 FaG
• Sylvester Hulet Cox 1857–1935 FaG
• Carmelia Cox 1857–1864 FaG
• Amanda Cox Tuttle 1859–1918 FaG
• Sarah Eleanor Cox Peacock 1859–1937 FaG
• Lucia Isabelle Cox Tuttle 1860–1936 FaG
• Arletta Maria Cox Tuttle 1861–1947 FaG
• Alice Cox Tennant Hardy 1862–1947 FaG
• Lucinda Belle Cox Ruesch 1873–1941 FaG
• Walter Cox 1874–1944 FaG
• Mary Elizabeth Cox Bowen 1876–1940 FaG
• Oliviaette Cox Grundvig 1878–1946 FaG

Children

• Margaret Moffitt Pace 1891–1964
• Lillis Moffitt Wilkins 1893–1987
• John Clifton Moffitt 1896–1980
• Howard Cox Moffitt 1905–1932

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