Evelyn Wilcox, Deborah Selden

Evelyn Wilcox, Deborah Selden

Evelyn Muriel Wilcox, 97, of Marble Hill, Mo., died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at Elder Care of Marble Hill. Her daughter, Deborah Ann Selden, 52, of Huntington, Ind., died Jan. 11, 2007, in Huntington.

Wilcox was born Dec. 3, 1910, in Elburn, Ill., daughter of William and Louise Bonfield. She married Louis Oestman, who preceded her in death. She later married Harry Selden, who died in 1958. She then married St. Elmo Wilcox in 1960. He preceded her in death Dec. 30, 1982.

Wilcox was a cook at the Marble Hill Nutrition Center and helped organize the Tri-City Senior Citizens Nutrition Program in Marble Hill in 1972. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Marble Hill.

Survivors include three daughters, Muriel Olsen of Palatine, Ill., JoAnn Corcoran of Joliet, Ill., and Lynn Parker of Noblesville, Ill.; a stepdaughter, Joyce Glass of Lake of the Four Seasons, Ind.; two sons, William Wilcox of Marble Hill, Raymond Oestman of Gilbert, Ariz.; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Wilcox was preceded in death by her parents and two daughters.

Selden was born April 6, 1954, in Wauconda, Ill., daughter of Harry Selden and Evelyn Wilcox.

Survivors include brothers William Wilcox of Marble Hill and Raymond Oestman of Gilbert; three sisters, Lynn Parker of Noblesville, Muriel Olsen of Palatine and JoAnn Corcoran of Joliet.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery in Marble Hill. The Rev. Fred Ritter will officiate.