Teresa Ellen (Scanlon) Cox (1919 - 2002)

Born 10 Aug 1919 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Dec 2002 at age 83 in United States

Biography

Teresa was born in 1919 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was the daughter of Margaret McDonnell and Leo F. Scanlon.

In 1930, after her mother had died, Teresa, her brother Joseph L. Scanlon, and her father Leo F. Scanlon were living in Kansas City, Missouri with her great-uncle, William P. Riley and his family. ^[1]

Teresa had six children, and eight grandchildren at the time of her death.

She passed away in 2002. Her obituary was published in the Baltimore Sun in 2002, and she is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Like her brother, Teresa served during World War II, in her case, with the U.S. Coast Guard. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHF6-Y65 : accessed 1 October 2022), Treasa Scanlon in household of William P Riley, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 227, sheet 55A, line 9, family 757, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1202; FHL microfilm 2,340,937.
2. ↑ Obituary for Teresa Ellen Cox, 2002

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8780349/teresa-ellen-cox: accessed 01 October 2022), memorial page for Teresa Ellen Scanlon Cox (10 Aug 1919–17 Dec 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8780349, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Shiver (contributor 46539565) .