Rowena Arlene Cox Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Rowena Arlene (Coin) Stoner Cox will be 10:00 a.m. Friday October 23, 2015 at the Alva First United Methodist church with Pastor Terry Martindale officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. There will be a visitation with the family Thursday, October 22, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Rowena Arlene (Coin) Stoner Cox, daughter of the late Carl Franklin and Nina Alberta (Rogers) Coin, was born September 23, 1929, at Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away October 19, 2015, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 86 years and 26 days. Rowena attended school in Alva and graduated from Alva High School. On February 17, 1947, she was united in marriage to Kenneth Victor Stoner, Sr. at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. He passed away September 13, 1962. She worked at TG&Y for a time and at Central National Bank as a telephone receptionist and bookkeeper for 22 years. On August 1, 1964, she was united in marriage to Marvin Ray Cox at Cleo Springs, Oklahoma. Marvin passed away January 4, 1997. She lived in the Alva area most of her life. Rowena was a member of the Alva First United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir. She was also a member of Beta Sigma Phi, the Pleasant View Club, and the TNT Square Dance Club. She enjoyed sewing, making a lot of the clothes for herself and her family and also enjoyed camping. Besides her parents and her husband, Kenneth, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin; and one son David Stoner. Rowena is survived by her children, Janet Miller and husband, Zeke, of Sapulpa, Ken Stoner and wife, Glenda, of Coweta, Kathy Schwerdtfeger of Alva, Doug Stoner and wife, Linda, of Gainesville, Texas, Gary Stoner and wife, Debbie, of Carmen; and one daughter-in-law, Natalie Stoner of Alva. Also surviving are fifteen grandchildren, Angie Miller of Sapulpa, Jeff Miller of Yukon, Shay Bates of Tulsa, Tris Calnan of Sapulpa, Krista Griffith of Tulsa, Julie Price of Wichita, Kansas, Lorisa Swindler of Helena, Dan Schwerdtfeger of Blanchard, Josh Stoner of Columbia, Missouri, Jeremy Stoner of Guthrie, Leica Harmon of Stillwater, Shawn Stoner of Ark City, Kansas, Misty Mink of Woodward, Kara Stoner of Alva, and Kimberly Chaffin of Fayetteville, Arkansas; 37 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren; other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for heart disease or cancer research.

Rowena Arlene Cox

September 23, 1929 - October 19, 2015