Esther Mary Cox, 82, of Beaver Falls, passed away on November 19th, 2025 at Providence Health and Rehabilitation Center in Beaver Falls.

She was born in Beaver Falls on March 12th, 1943, the daughter of the late Merrill Kalish and Margaret (Oliver) Kalish. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Donald A. Cox, her daughter, Leigh Cox, both of whom are sorely missed; along with her brother, Edward Kalish. She is survived by her daughters, Suzanne (Dale) Cable and Robin (Tom) House, her grandchildren: Kassie (Chris) Mielecki, Jourdan (Chris) Koutsavlis, Madison (Ryan Wyatt) Cable, Nicholas Ceriani and Trae House; as well as her great-grandchildren: Ignatius, Emilie, Leah, Logan, and Abigail; along with her three nieces, Debbie, Donna and Mary Jo and her pet, Ryry. She will also be missed by her bingo friends.

Esther worked at Geneva College in Beaver Falls as a financial aide assistant for fifty years. She never met a bingo card that she didn’t like. She enjoyed the gamesmanship of bingo an certainly a scratchy or two.

All services for Esther were private.

The GABAUER-LUTTON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, Inc., 117 Blackhawk Road Beaver Falls, was honored to care for Esther and her family during this difficult time and was the funeral home that was in charge of her arrangements.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the nurses and aides at Providence and Suncrest Hospice, especially Toni Smith and Jodi from Providence and Shar and Sarah from Suncrest for taking such great care of Esther. She loved her new friends she acquired at her time at Providence.