Lee B. Cozad

The death Tuesday of Lee B. Cozad, 59, Clifton City, has been ruled an accident due to a gunshot wound, according to Cooper County Sheriff Lylburn Mann, who investigated.

Mann set the time of Cozad's death at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The sheriff said Cozad had left a note at his home that he was going squirrel hunting in some woods nearby. Mann said a .22-caliber rifle Cozad was carrying apparently discharged as he was climbing a 4 1/2 foot fence. The bullet struck Cozad in the head.

Cozad's body was found about 6:30 p.m. lying beside the fence. The rifle was at his side, the sheriff said.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Gillespie Funeral Home with the Rev. J. R. Wallace officiating.

Larry Owen will sing, "Beyond the Sunset" and "In the Garden," accompanied by Mrs. C. C. Delozier at the organ.

Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sedalia.

----Thursday, July 11, 1963, The Sedalia Democrat, Sedalia, MO

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Lee B. Cozad, 59, a former resident of St. Joseph, died unexpectedly Tuesday

afternoon at his home in Clifton City, Mo. While living in St. Joseph he had

been employed by the Great Western railroad.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Helen Cozad of the home; a daughter, Mrs.

Betty Trout, St. Paul, Minn; his father, George T. Cozad, St. Joseph; a

sister, Mrs. Verla Turner, St. Joseph; a brother, Thomas D. Cozad, St.

Joseph, and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 10 Friday morning at the Gillespie

Mortuary, Sedalia, Mo. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Sedalia.

-----St. Joseph Gazette, Thu, Jul 11, 1963, page 2

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Lee B. Cozad (Clifton City)

Lee B. Cozad, 59, Clifton City, died at his home at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Born in St. Joseph, Jan. 21, 1904, he was a son of George Thomas and Sophia Lockwood Cozad. He had been a resident of Clifton City for 20 years. Mr. Cozad was a brakeman for the Missouri Pacific railroad. He was a member of the Methodist Church.

He was married in 1933 at St. Joseph to Helen Truman, who survives, of the home.

Also surviving are his father, Thomas Cozad, St. Joseph; a daughter, Mrs. Russell Trout, of Minneapolis, Minn.; a sister, Mrs. Verla Turner, St. Joseph; and a brother, Dale Cozad, St. Joseph.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Gillespie Funeral Home with the Rev. J. R. Wallace officiating.

Pallbearers will be Leo Sullivan, Clem Reuter, Don Aggler, Bill Gerke, Jim Hyde and H. C. Sullivan.

Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The body is at the Gillespie Funeral Home.

-----10 Jul 1963, The Sedalia Democrat, page 4

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