Mary Margaret Cox

Mary Margaret Cox, 81, passed away on Sunday August 12, 2018 in Greeley. She was born Mary Margaret Hause on July 24, 1937 to Jesse and Evelyn Hause on the family farm between Brighton and Ft. Lupton, CO, part of a large pioneer family, some of whom had settled in the area before Colorado became a state.

She was the youngest of five children. She attended historic Independence Grade School, a rural school south of Ft. Lupton, graduating in 1951, the year her family relocated to LaSalle and then to Greeley. She graduated from Greeley High School (now Greeley Central) in 1955, and attended Colorado State College of Education, (UNC).

In 1969, faced with raising three little boys by herself, she took a nutrition class at Colorado State College of Education (now UNC) where it was suggested she study the new Meals on Wheels program in Loveland. She Founded the Greeley Meals on Wheels Program on April 1st 1970, and remained the Executive Director for 48 years until her retirement on February 16, 2018.

She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, St. Anne’s Chapter of Daughters of the King, the PEO Sisterhood, the Greeley High School reunion committee and Territorial Daughters of Colorado, serving as treasurer.

Mary Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse and Evelyn Hause; her husbands, Jack Dugger and James Cox, both of Greeley; her brothers, Albert Hause, Brighton, Richard Hause, Estes Park, and Warren Jo Hause, Eaton; and her nephew, Douglas Hause, Houston, Texas.

She is survived by her children and step children; Jeffrey Harrington (Melinda) Steamboat Springs Stephen Dugger (Stephanie), Ft. Collins, Matthew Dugger (Keith Harding), Mesa, Arizona, James Cox (Brenda), Windsor, Michael Cox (Mernie), Denver, Sandee Becker (Carl), Windsor, Sharon Miller (Don) Greeley; her brother, Gilbert Hause (Trudy), Greeley; her sister-in-law, Nancy Pike Hause, Lawrence, Kansas, fourteen grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, eleven nieces and nephews, and a flourishing Meals on Wheels program.

Memorial service will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Trinity Episcopal Church 3800 W. 20th Street, Greeley, CO 80634.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to Meals on Wheels of Greeley & Weld County or Trinity Episcopal Church of Greeley in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 702 13th Street, Greeley, CO 80631. Friends may view the online obituary and send condolences at www.allnuttgreeley.com