Vicki Cox ’70 of East Peoria passed away on March 21st, 2023. Vicki was born to Francis W. “Bill” Cox and Helen Messer Cox on January 22, 1948. She attended East Peoria grade schools and East Peoria Community High School, graduating in 1966, and Illinois Wesleyan, graduating in 1970. While in college, she was an active member of Sigma Alpha Iota Music Fraternity. She taught music in Delavan for eight years before working for Freeman United, P.J. Hoerr, Peoria Black Top, and Mitsubishi from 1998 to 2010 when she retired.

Throughout her life, Vicki’s passion was music. Starting with piano as a child, Vicki was a lifelong musician. She was most recently a percussionist with the Peoria Area Senior Citizen Band in 2022. She was a member of Sweet Adelines International for 52 years, competing with the Pekin Sweet Adeline Chorus, Belles of Harmony, and the Heart of Illinois Chorus. In the Hearts, she performed in the 5th Place International Chorus. Additionally, she competed with Crossroads Quartet, winning Regional 1st Place. She served as Co-Director of the Belles, and Assistant Director of HOI. She sang for four years with Morton Civic Chorus and served as choir director and in the bell chorus for First United Methodist Church in East Peoria directing their Christmas Cantata the day before she was hospitalized.

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