Homer “Sandy” Wilcox passed away after a long illness on Friday, March 9, 2018 in Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
Mr. Wilcox, a resident of Lambertville, NJ, was retired from 30 years of service at the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, where he helped manage the Cancer Registry and performed special epidemiological studies. Always interested in science, Mr. Wilcox was a graduate of the Germantown Friends School, and held degrees in the biological sciences from Haverford College and the University of California at San Diego. He maintained a strong interest in nature including wild mushrooms, and at one time served on the board of the Native Plant Society of NJ. He was also an avid reader of science fiction from middle school years. He was a member of the Germantown Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia.
Wilcox was preceded in death by his parents, Homer Bowen Wilcox, Jr., and Elizabeth Nichols Evans, his step-parents, Edna Wilcox and Nathaniel Evans, and his wife, Judith Schmidgall Stein, and niece Laura Wilcox. He is survived by five siblings, Paul Nichols Wilcox (Amanda) of Penn Valley, CA, Robert Bowen Wilcox (Leah) of Columbia County NY, Thomas Wilcox, of Lawrenceville, NJ, Caren Wilcox of Washington, DC and Elizabeth Evans (Jeanne) of Bethany, CT, his friend, Ann Kyllingstad of Yardley, PA, and many nephews and nieces.
The family will hold a memorial for family and friends at a later date.
To remember Sandy please consider giving to: Haverford College, the Arboretum Revitalization Project, on line at http://hav.to/give or by mail to: Haverford College, Institutional Advancement, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041, designating the Arboretum Project, or to another charity of your choice.
