Cox, Dolph M. 1875-1942

COX, DRYDEN, MEYERS, MASON, PRESTON, BURD

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The Grinnell (IA) Herald-Register; Sept. 18, 1942

DOLPH M. COX IS SUMMONED SUDDENLY

Popular Grinnell Resident Reaches Close of Active Life.

A genial, friendly and helpful spirit was lost to Grinnell when Dolph M. Cox was stricken Thursday evening by a coronary thrombosis and passed away after an acute illness of only one hour.

Few men in Grinnell were better known. Few men were more sincerely liked. His acquaintance was not limited to Grinnell alone, for in many years as a traveling salesman and executive he had made friends the country over. All who knew him mourn him as a square shooter, a man of fine executive ability and above all as a loyal and sympathetic friend. When a friend was in trouble that was all Dolph Cox needed to know. His coat was off and he was ready to help. Many Grinnell people have reason to remember his unassuming kindness and his ready sympathy.

FUNERAL SERVICES

Funeral services conducted by Rev. Leland W. Mann were held Sunday afternoon from the home. Pall bearers were J.L. Fellows, Paul Meyers, S.J. Pooley, V.G. Preston, John Manly and A.L. Frisbie. Burial was in Hazelwood cemetery.

D.M. Cox was born in Lynnville, Oct. 6, 1875, the son of E.B. and Mary Dryden Cox. In 1880 the family moved to Grinnell, where Mr. Cox was engaged in the produce business. Dolph attended the Grinnell schools and after his graduation from high school in 1894 he was associated with his father in the business, which he continued after his father's death until 1903, when he became sales superintendent for the Spaulding Manufacturing Co. and had many experiences trailing Spaulding buggies in the west and south. From 1908 until 1913 he conducted a store in Pacific City, Wash., returning to Grinnell to accept a position as sales manager for the Grinnell Washing Machine Co., a position which he held successfully as long as the company continued in business. Later he was a salesman for the Hildebrand Shoe Co. and for the last few months of his life he was associated with the Iowa Southern Utilites Co.

A RADIANT CENTER

On Oct. 3, 1900, Mr. Cox was married to Olive Meyers and they established the home which has been a radiant center of hospitality during their almost 42 years of married life. To this union two daughters were born, Mary, now Mrs. Charles Mason of Clarinda and Martha Lou, who died when two years of age. He is also survived by a granddaughter, Mary Susan Mason and two sisters, Mrs. Ola Preston and Mrs. Hallie Burd of Grinnell.

Mr. Cox was a member of the Elks lodge and was a past president of the Grinnell Kiwanis Club, although not a member at the time of his death.