On May 20, 2007, Cherie Lee Cox died peacefully after a battle with cancer.

      She was born May 12, 1939, in Butte to Robert and Florence Saville.   She was the oldest girl of the five Saville children, including Bobby, Don, Robbie and Duane.

      Although the times were often difficult and the demands upon her many for a child of her age, Cherie remained a loving sister and friend.   She attended local schools graduating from Butte High School in 1957.   In school, she excelled at most everything she did.   Albeit expensive, her father went to great efforts to buy her a clarinet.   She developed not only a skill but a love for playing the clarinet, a love she returned to later to combat the cancer in her lung.   She was a Job's Daughter, a Sunday school teacher and a loyal friend.

      Cherie had a strength of character which was second to none.   When faced with adversity, she developed the motto which she later taught to each of her children.   "There is no such word as can't."   She displayed this motto in her personal passions whether they be ceramics (first place in the state), painting (a gifted realist), music (master of several instruments), gem cutting (a better sapphire cutter would have been hard to find), bowler (league secretary and pin painter) or being a mom.   No one could or ever will tell her there was something she could not do.

      Cherie eventually met her soulmate and the love of her life, Earl Cox (JR or Duke).   Together they helped raise seven children. *nbsp Although Cherie lost her first child, Jody, to SIDS, never a day went by that Jody was not in her mind or heart.   Still, she endured and thrived at being the best "mom" possible.   She was a cook, a baker, a gardener, a homemaker, a team-mom, a catcher, a fishing partner, a seamstress, a role model and so much more.   Later she developed an unmatchable skill of being a grandmother.   She never forgot a birthday nor was there ever a shortage of cookies at her house.   She loved each and every one of them.

      Cherie was as patriotic as they come.   She loved her country and her president.   She loved the New York Yankees and baseball in general.   One of her first jobs was as a peanut vendor at the old Clark's Park Stadium.   Her employment ended however when it was discovered she spent more time watching the game than selling the goods.   Earl, her children and now her grand children all share her love of the game.

      She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Bobby, her daughter Jody, her beloved nephew Troy John Knight and step- grandson Jason Ryan.

      Survivors include her husband in this world and the next, Earl Cox; daughter and son-in-law, Tandie and Dave Dahnke of Spokane and their children, Zach, Lacie and Amie; son Todd Cox, Butte; son and daughter-in-law, Stace and Nicca Cox and their children Spencer and Emma of Butte; son and daughter-in-law, Samm and Tammy Cox and their children, Shane, Reece and Quinn of Butte, stepson and daughter-in-law, Dallas and Karen Cox of Helena and their children Travers and Tawyna; stepdaughter and son-in-law, Rick and Danni Ryan and their children James and Ted, Boulder, Colo.; sister and best friend, Robbie Knight; brother, Don Saville, Butte, brother, Duane Saville, Phoenix; and numerous nieces and nephews.

      Services will be conducted on Thursday, May 24, 2007, at Duggan Dolan Mortuary at 11 a.m. Intermen Sunset Memorial Park where she will be placed by her daughter.   Memorials are suggested to the Southwest Montana Alzheimer's Council, c/o Belmont Senior Citizens' Center or a charity of the donor's choice.

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