Obituaries

PITTSBURG — Fredrick Dale Wilcox, Jr., 47 of Pittsburg, KS died at 3:37
a.m., Friday, November 20, 2009 at Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center
in Pittsburg, KS.
Dale was born February 16, 1962 in Columbus, KS to Fredrick Dale and
Linda (Huston) Wilcox, Sr. He attended area schools graduating from
Columbus High School. He went on to attend truck-driving school.
On July 14, 1996, in Baxter Springs, KS, he married Mary C. Gagliardo.
She survives of the home.
Dale was a truck driver for many years working for various truck lines.
Dale was an avid NASCAR, Chiefs and St. Louis Cardinal Fan.
Additional survivors include his son Joesph Dale Wilcox and his wife Sara
of Cherokee, KS; mother Linda Brumback of Columbus, KS; brother
Todd A. Wilcox and wife Patti of Columbus, KS and sister Terri Kershaw
and husband Colin of Columbus, KS; step-sisters Leigh McWilliams and
husband James of Columbus, KS and Lisa Goben and husband Ed of
Columbus, KS; maternal grandmother Marjorie Huston of Columbus, KS
and step-grandparents Cloyd and Nadine Hilderbrand of Columbus, KS;
many nieces and nephews and along with his dog Colby and his cat
Snoozer.
Dale was preceded in death by his father and stepmother Fred and
Joyce Wilcox, Sr.; step-dad William R. “Bill” Brumback; maternal
grandfather David H. “Jack” Huston; paternal grandparents Harvey and
Mildred Wilcox and some aunts and uncles.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m., Monday, November 23, 2009 at Park
Cemetery in Columbus, KS with Rev. Dennis Johnson officiating. Informal
visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Monday at Bath-Naylor
Funeral Home, 611 S. East Ave., Columbus, KS. The family suggests
expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorials to the Methodist
Food Pantry in Columbus, KS. Memorials may be left at or mailed to Bath-
Naylor Funeral Home of Columbus, KS.



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