Leavenworth County — A 54-year-old rural Linwood man died Monday night in a farming accident.
A family member of David E. Cox called Leavenworth County emergency responders at 10:40 p.m. to his property at 23675 Guthrie Road, which is near the Kansas River and is about 2 miles south of Kansas Highway 32 and 5 miles east of Lawrence.
According to the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s office, a tractor rolled over onto Cox. He died from the injuries in the accident.
Funeral services for Cox are pending and will be announced by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
Comments
Ron Holzwarth 2 years, 9 months ago
That's a terrible tragedy that happens far to often. People often forget that farming is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world because of the machinery involved.
madman 2 years, 9 months ago
Thoughts and Prayers to this nice family.
countrygirl 2 years, 9 months ago
My husband knew him. So very sorry. Thought and prayers to the family.
WBBLover2010 2 years, 9 months ago
His son and I went to school together...my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
01290129 2 years, 9 months ago
AMEN! As a city boy, I've had two friends who were gentlemen farmers. Both were killed when the tractor they were riding turned over.
Ron Holzwarth 2 years, 9 months ago
I grew up in a very small farming community in western Kansas where everyone knew everyone else. I don't even want to think about some of the accidents that occurred out there.
It might have been even worse, except for a required 1/2 semester course for all the 8th grade boys: Agricultural Safety.
Ron Holzwarth 2 years, 9 months ago
One of my classmates in Agricultural Safety class was killed in an overturned bulldozer accident only a few years after high school graduation. I was just sick, he was a really nice guy, as well as a distant relative.
Kansas_Supporter 2 years, 9 months ago
My heart sank when I read David's name. I knew him only casually, but found him to be considerate, thoughtful and kind. His passing is a loss to the community of NE Kansas, almost as much as it is to his family and friends. Those of us who knew David are better people because of him. GB.
deaton 2 years, 9 months ago
My father died in a tractor rollover accident in Southeast Kansas back in 1975. He was 46 and the safest driver you could imagine. He taught my brother and I all the safety procedures. It takes just a split-second of hitting a rock, ditch, low spot, etc., to turn over. My sincere thoughts and prayers to the family. I share your grief.
none2 2 years, 9 months ago
I didn't know the man, but in the past when I was more energetic, I would get bored with just biking or running on the levee. Once I got off at the railroad crossing, I would bike or run down Alexandria Rd. That ends at 238th Rd next to a nice house with a white picket fence. It would then go base a few homes (a really fancy one on the right) and then the road would go 90 degrees left onto Gutherie Rd since 238 dead ended at a farmers drive way. I would then go on to some unincorporated area which was south from 230 Rd & Gutherie Rd. Sometimes I'd go a little north on 230th near where there was some abandoned stone structure... Guthrie Rd stuck in my head because I wondered if the road was named after Woody Gutherie....
Anyway, the whole time I would take such excursions, I was thinking how great it must be to live in the peaceful countryside. (I also grew up in rural Kansas, but was always a townie.) Sometimes it is easy to forget that even in the 21st century the life of the farmer is not an easy life. Unfortunately, you don't see the effort when you are just passing through. There are a lot of hardships that go into putting food on our table, and I for one am thankful that we still have farmers that spend their life in this noble profession... I wish the best for his family in their time of sorrow.
WTF 2 years, 9 months ago
none2, you inadvertantly would go by David's home everytime you did this. That unincorporated area is called Fall Leaf if you wanted to know, and the road is Alexander, not Alexandria.
amesn 2 years, 9 months ago
Where at Ron? Goodland is where I was hatched
Ron Holzwarth 2 years, 9 months ago
St. Francis! I still get back there just about every summer, I'm somehow related to I think about 1/3rd of the town!
none2 2 years, 9 months ago
When my Dad died a couple of years ago, I had to travel to the northwest. I wanted to see places I hadn't seen before on my way back. I'm pretty sure I went from Hager, NE to St Francis, KS. I just don't remember after that when I got onto I-70. I either went on south to Goodland, or I went to Atwood and then down to Colby. I think I did the latter.
Anyway, I remember I thought the area around Hager into Kansas was beautiful. I also remember HW-27 having a lot of up and down hills (as opposed to winding). I probably know the least about NW Kansas, so I'm glad I drove through part of it. I grew up in the southwest part of the state and then came to KU where of course I learned about the northeast. Later, I had some friends in the southeast, so I learned a bit about it.
Other than my trip a couple of years ago, I really know little about the northwest corner. I know I've been to Colby's Junior College in the late 70's, and I passed through the northwest on i-70 to Denver in the early 90's. I remember another trip (headed to the Black Hills) where a friend and I stopped at some lake and then in Nicodemus (the town founded by free slaves) before we headed to to Nebraska. I've never been in Beloit, but I know I have (or did have) distant relatives there. As for St Francis itself, I think in 1974 our high school may have even played against them in some state football championship.
The more I see Kansas, the less I understand why people don't see beauty here. It may not jump out at you like a mountain or an ocean, but there is beauty if you open your eyes to see it. Every corner of Kansas has something to see.
Ron Holzwarth 2 years, 9 months ago
My Mother's father had a ranch and some farmland right by highway 27 at Haigler, so you drove right past it! And, when you got a bit closer to St. Francis, you passed right by some of my Dad's and my Grandad's farmland! So I know that area very, very well!
connected 2 years, 9 months ago
So sad. Farmers are overworked, underpaid and very rarely appreciated.
ithoughteudorawassmall 2 years, 9 months ago
David and his family have been in my life since before I can remember and he was a great man that had passion for farming, his kid, and his family. He will be missed by so many people! Cox family, my prayers go out to you!
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