Cox, Ida Mae Harsh – 1860-1936

COX, HARSH, NIELSON, STREETER

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 2/7/2023 at 11:43:45

Funeral Services For Former Co. Resident
Mrs. Ida Cox Buried Wednesday At Ashton Chapel
Mrs. Ida Cox, a former Colfax and Jasper county resident was buried Wednesday near her old home at Ashton Chapel at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Cox, who made her home with her son, Lawrence, in Ames, died Monday morning at a Des Moines hospital.
Mrs. Cox, daughter of William and Emaline (Streeter) Harsh, was born in Clear Creek township, Jasper county, and spent her early life there.
She was united in marriage to Albert Cox and both taught in the rural school of the county and at the old Walnut Grove school, just south of Mingo. Later they moved to Colfax.
Surviving relatives include her two sons Lawrence of Ames and Irvin of Denver, Colo., and a half-sister, Mrs. Alice Nielson of Council Bluffs.
Source: Colfax (IA) Tribune; October 1, 1936

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Mae Cox, 75 years, were held at Ashton Chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev. Baccus of the First Unitarian Church of Des Moines was in charge. A quartette, Mrs. J. L. Hartley, Mrs. Dwight Ray, Mrs. Marian Eubank and Miss Alta Inglis sang “In The Garden,” and “Ivory Palaces,” Mrs. Eubank sang “Evening Prayer.” Mrs. Bessie Calhoun was pianist. Burial was in the Ashton Cemetery. Pall bearers were cousins, Wilbert Clapper, Marion Vasey, Charles, Willis, Andrew, and Roy Beard.
Those from a distance were Irvin Cox of Denver, Colorado, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cox and son, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Welch of Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ashton, son and daughter, Mrs. Wm. Angelo, Mrs. Milo Sewell and son of Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brown, Mrs. Donald Price, Miss Helen Cox of Mitchellville, Mr. and Mrs. James Streeter and son of State Center, Mrs. Dick Trip and Mrs. H. J. McMurray of Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Beard of Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Bear, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Shissler, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Streeter of Colfax and many others from these towns and others nearby.
Ida Mae, daughter of Wm. and Emeline Streeter Harsh was born in this township Nov. 9, 1860, and spent her early life here. She was a teacher in the public schools of Jasper and Polk counties twenty years. She taught at Mingo and Greencastle.
She was united to Albert Cox who preceded her in death. He was a teacher and they taught together several years in two room schools. To this union two sons were born, Ivan, of Denver, Colorado and Lawrence of Ames.
Five grandchildren, a half-sister, Mrs. Alice Nelson of Council Bluffs; and one half brother, Arthur Cox of California also survive.
Mrs. Cox was a member of the first Unitarian Church in Des Moines, a member of the Continental Chapter, of the D.A.R. at Omaha, and a member of the O.E.S. In later years she made her home with her sons in California, Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa, and often visited her relatives and friends, and kept so busy and interested in life, that she never grew old in spirit. She was visiting in Des Moines when she had a stroke and died at the M. E. Hospital in that city, Sept. 28th, 1936, Monday, after a three weeks illness, age 75 years, and 10 months. She was our teacher in childhood, one who gave us a pat on the back when we went to teachers’ institute, one who watched our work in high school and college, and a friend always, who made our pathway brighter.
Source: Colfax (IA) Tribune; October 8, 1936 (extracted from Clear Creek news)