Mr. Clarence Edwin "Budge" Cox age 93 years, a resident of Thunder Bay, passed away in Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, on Thursday, February 5, 2015.
Budge was born in Transcona Manitoba on September 8, 1921, son of Rubena and Clarence N. Cox. He grew up and attended school in Sioux Lookout and Winnipeg.
In 1940 he joined the Navy as an ordinary seaman at HMCS Griffon. He was discharged in August 1945 as a chief petty officer. He married Grace Sinclair on March 29, 1945 in Fort William.
Together they had lived the rest of their lives here. After the war Budge worked for M.F. Mills, Grain Trimmers and the Fort William Police Department (1947- 1951).
He then went to work for the CPR as a trainman and in 1982 he retired as a conductor. He was a longtime member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #6, the Naval Association and the CP Pensioners. Budge loved to take his daily walks and was well known for his walks along Hwy 61 and Chippewa Rd. with his picking up of the garbage along the way.
Budge is survived by his son Rick and wife Shari, grandchildren Johnna and Jammy (Tammy) and Jason (Kelly) Miller, great granddaughters Courtney Miller and Kendra MacGowan. Nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. He was predeceased by his parents, his wife Grace, a brother Richard and sisters Betty (Frank) Jordan and Edith (Chuck) Darner sister-in-laws Eva (Pudge) Robertson and Marian (Don) Chisamore. Funeral services will be held on Thursday February 12, 2015 at 11:00 AM in the Blake Funeral Chapel with visitation starting at 10:00 AM. Interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery. If friends desire, memorials to the charity of your choice would be appreciated in lieu of flowers.
Clarence Cox will be remembered in the Blake Funeral Chapel Memorial Grove. Annual dedication service Sunday, June 12, 2016.
