Perry M. Cox

October 25, 1957 - February 8, 2020

Perry Cox, 62 Kearney resident Perry M. Cox, 62 of Kearney passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020 at his home. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Kearney Evangelical Free Church. The Rev. Tim Peterson will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Memorials are suggested to Press on Ministries. Condolences or personal reflections may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services. Perry Martin Cox was born October 25, 1957 in Bad Connstatt, Stuttgart, Germany to Martin and Doris (Colip) Cox. The family moved to Kearney in 1960. He received his education from Kearney High School, graduating with the class of 1976. On August 27, 2005, Perry was united in marriage to Elizabeth Wendling Scherr in Kearney, NE. For many years Perry was a chef in Lamy, NM, Veil & Denver CO. Most recently he was an employee of Mead Lumber in Kearney. He was a member of the Kearney Evangelical Free Church where he was active in a life group and previously in Singles and Recovery ministries. Perry enjoyed woodworking, reading, fishing, target shooting, cooking, golfing and traveling. Most of all, he loved to spend time with his family and friends. He preferred not to use the word “Step Children,” rather he used the word, “Bonus Children” to show how lucky he felt to have them in his life. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Elizabeth “Liz” Cox of Kearney; dad and bonus mother, Martin and Darian Cox of Amherst; bonus son, Tyler (Joelle) Scherr of Omaha; bonus daughter, Jennie Billinger of Kearney; grandchildren, Jaxton and Conner Scherr and Jayla Billinger; sister, Diane (Mel) Jelkin of Omaha; brother, Jeff Cox of Amherst; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Mike and Ruby Wendling of Ospray, FL and Dave and Jacky Harr of Blaine, MN, David and Wendy Furnas of Plainfield, IN and Tim Danube of Kearney; as well as many nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews and extended family and friends. Perry was preceded in death by his grandma and grandpa Colip, grandma and grandpa Cox, and bonus grandma and grandpa Lloyd; mother, Doris Colip Cox; bonus sister, Derena Danube and many other loved ones.