Elmer Eugene Cox

1943 - 2021

Elmer Eugene (Gene) Cox
10/30/2021
Gene was born February 6, 1943 and grew up in Newtown. He graduated Newtown HS in 1961 and attended UConn via ROTC. In February 1967 he married his high school sweetheart, Corinne Francis Lemb, and deployed to Vietnam as a part of the 11th Signal Group. Gene received: Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal.
After working for Exxon as a district sales rep, Gene and his family returned to Newtown in 1984 to join his father-in-law, Carl Lemb, running a wine import business, "The Winemakers Distributors". He also later sold insurance for Prudential.
Throughout his life, Eugene was very involved in Boy Scouts. He was a member of Newtown Troop 70 as a child and later an active parent-leader, and longtime Scoutmaster. He loved the outdoors and ran camping trips all 12 months of the year. He was also on the board of Cullens Youth Association.
Gene was a member of the Bridgewater Congregational Church. He was very involved in church life and over the years was in the choir, served as a deacon, cooked at many church functions and always pitched-in when help was needed.
Gene's passion for the outdoors extended to hunting and fishing. He was an NRA firearms-safety instructor and enjoyed watching his grandkids target practice. Gene's true love was bass fishing. He spent many summer vacations with his lifelong friends George Carlson and Paul Sedor, at Lake Champlain. Gene reveled in catching largemouth on a weedless worm, or even better, watching a smallmouth attack a rapala.
In 2017, Eugene and Corinne had temporary custody of their grandson, Rohan, who was 9 at the time, while his father, Bruce, was deployed with the Air Force in Qatar. This was a special time for all of them.
Eugene is survived by his wife of 54 years, Corinne, his son and daughter-in-law Aaron and Amy Cox of Newtown, son Bruce Cox of Oakwood, OH, and 4 beloved grandchildren- Lydia, Hannah, Hunter, and Rohan.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Cullens Youth Association, PO Box 323, Newtown Ct 06470.
Friends may call at the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street, Newtown on Saturday, November 13, from 4 to 6 pm. Interment in Huntingtown Cemetery, Newtown will be private. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, November 27, at 2 pm in the Bridgewater Congregational Church, 10 Clapboard Road, Bridgewater.
(photo in front of Hawley Elementary picturing 3 generations of Cox's who attended Hawley)