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"CENTRE VIEW NORTH April 8, 2009,
a division of Connection Newspapers (Centreville, Virginia)

Obituary: Jo Cox, 80, Dies
Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Jo Cox, 80, a private piano teacher, died of pancreatic cancer on March 26, 2009 at Sibley Hospital.

Cox moved to McLean in 1971. From 1976 until her death, she volunteered with The Hospitality and Information Service, an organization dedicated to fostering relationships within the area's diplomatic community. She was a passionate cook as well as an avid watercolorist.

Cox was born to Canadian parents, Robert Jack and Dorothy Duncan Flatt, in Chicago and was raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She was a graduate of the Letchford School of Design in Toronto. While living in Canada, she worked as a character actress for national radio programs.

In 1948, she moved to Houston, Texas with her then-husband David Lowe Stirton. Cox raised six children in Houston. The couple divorced in 1966 and Cox began teaching piano privately. She wed John B. Cox in 1967 and moved to Lake Valhalla in Morris County, N.J. Jo and John were married for 40 years.

She is survived by husband John B. Cox of McLean,
former husband David Lowe Stirton of Houston, Texas,
twins Kirk Stirton of New Orleans, La. and Lindy Stirton of McLean [Virginia],
twins Heather Stirton Gradison of Washington, D.C. and Betsy Stirton Nugent of Manassas, Va. (husband Steve Nugent),
Laura Stirton Aust of Pelham, N.Y. (husband Tom Aust),
Scot Stirton of Tulsa, Okla.,
Linda Cox Andrews of Decatur Ala,
Joe Cox of Atlanta, Ga. (wife Lori),
brother John Flatt,
sister Sally Flatt Brown of Canada, 15 grandchildren,
and three great grandchildren.

Her family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to The Hospitality and Information Service."

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Birth	12 Aug 1928	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Marriage	21 Jun 1948	Fort William, Ontario, Canada - David Lowe STIRTON
Divorce	1966	David Lowe STIRTON
Marriage	27 May 1967	Houston, Harris County, Texas - John Burnett (JB) COX
Death	26 Mar 2009	Washington, DC

Spouse	David Lowe STIRTON (1925 - 1914)
Child	Living (1949 - )
Child	Living (1949 - )
Child	Living (1952 - )
Child	Lizbeth Lee (Betsy) STIRTON (1952 - 2018)
Child	Living (1954 - )
Child	Living (1956 - )

Spouse

John Burnett (JB) COX ( - )

Father	Robert John (Jack) FLATT (1902 - 1979)
Mother	Dorothy Alice DUNCAN (1906 - 1982)
Sibling	Rupert John (Rupe) FLATT (1932 - 1994)
Sibling	Living (1939 - )
Sibling	Living (1951 - )

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