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Howard Cox Obituary
85, of Phoenix passed away on November 6, 2011. Mr. Cox was the owner of Central Distributing Division, a wholesale air conditioning company, and Mission Manufacturing, maker of Up-Dux, a product which he invented, that improved the comfort and security of homes throughout the southwestern United States. An inventor and businessman, he held patents for many air-conditioning related products. He is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Mildred Laster Cox of Memphis, Tennessee, and by his three children: Linda Goss, Julia Cox and Carole Lockwood, of Phoenix, AZ. He is also survived by four grandchildren: Heather Shafe, Erika Taylor, Rachael Lincoln, Cassidy Bukovinsky and four great grandchildren: Grace, Emma, Boston and Dorothy. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to the Alzheimer's Association
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Julia Cox
November 7, 2019
Thank you for the wonderful childhood you gave me.
I miss you.
love,
YLDJ
November 19, 2011
See you in Heaven, Dad.
love,
YLDJ
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