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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2021
OBITUARIES
Donald M. Cox
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South Bend, Washington
Jan. 7, 1921 — Nov. 1, 2021
Longtime Long Beach
and Ilwaco, Washington, resi-
dent Donald Merle Cox, 100,
died peacefully in his sleep in
South Bend, Washington, on
Nov. 1, 2021, which was inci-
dentally his mother’s birth
date.
Don was born in Port-
land on Jan. 7, 1921, the
son of Delvin and Kather-
ine (McLaughlin) Cox. Don
grew up as the youngest of
three brothers. They lived the
fi rst handful of years in Roo-
sevelt, Washington, until the
family moved to the newly
developed town of Longview,
Washington, in 1926.
He graduated from R.A.
Long High School, in the
Class of 1938, before attend-
ing both Lower Columbia
Junior College and Washing-
ton State College .
Born into the “Roaring
Twenties,” it was the Golden
Age of r adio, the s ilver s creen
(silent fi lms transitioned to
“talkies”), and most impor-
tantly for Don, sports. He
fondly remembered pulling
any various sporting match
together with the neighbor-
hood kids as often as pos-
sible. He’d fi nd a ball, and
they’d all play.
During his youth, he men-
tioned going to the YMCA to
play basketball for eight to 10
hours a day. In a tight, 3-foot
wide hallway at home, Don
and his brothers competed for
hours with a tennis ball and
makeshift basket made from
a wire coat hanger.
Don went on to play orga-
nized basketball, fast pitch
softball and tennis in school,
and even earned a runner-up
title of Athlete of the Year at
Lower Columbia Junior Col-
lege , but he was clearly capti-
vated by all sports.
One of his earliest memo-
ries was as a 6-year-old, lis-
tening to a boxing rematch
between Jack Dempsey and of Guam, where he was sta-
Gene Tunney (The Long tioned for over a year as a
Count Fight), on a radio from member of the B29 Bomb
a neighbor’s porch.
Group in the 20th
In the summer
Air Force. He
of 1929, when he
worked a make-
and his brothers,
shift pharmacy and
Delvin and How-
lab in a Q uonset
ard, were staying
hut that the medics
with their grand-
put together.
parents,
their
He
received
mother wrote a
an honorable dis-
letter and men-
charge from the
tioned
sending
military on Feb
Donald Cox
money specifi cally
28, 1946. In May
so Donald, 8 at the
2016, Don had
time, could go to the local the opportunity to take what
ballgames.
turned out to be a very mov-
In later years, Don would ing trip on an Honor Flight
become an avid bowler back to Washington, D.C.,
and golfer, and would win accompanied by his grand-
a number of competitions son, Will Noonan, to refl ect
in each sport. Upon retire- upon and honor his time in
ment, he could be found the service.
on the golf course three to
In 1946, post war, he
four times a week. He was would go back to fi nish up
proud of his time as Astoria school at Washington State
Golf & Country Club pres- College , earning his degree
ident, where he was a mem- in pharmacy. He and Marge,
ber since the 1960s. Over the with daughter Donna in tow,
years he managed to ace six then returned to his home-
holes-in-one.
town in Longview, where he
Don’s greatest life hole- worked for Irv Gunderson at
in-one was his 75-year mar- Gunderson Drug Store for a
riage to Margery R. Harris few years.
on May 7, 1944, in the First
Don and Marge moved to
Christian Church in Camas, Long Beach in 1950, when
Washington, her childhood he bought into a drug store
hometown.
partnership, where he would
They met the summer of oversee stores in Long Beach,
1935, at the ages of 11 and Ilwaco and Ocean Park.
14, at a church camp on Laca-
Don bought out Davis
mas Lake, where they fondly Drug store in South Bend,
recalled playing horseshoes Washington, starting South
together. They would have Bend Pharmacy in 1958. He
four children, Donna (1947), also purchased Sempill Drug
David (1948), Susan (1953) store a year later, growing the
and Cathi (1961).
business, which is now into
Don’s parents had nearly the third generation of the
celebrated 40 years of mar- family. His son, David, and
riage themselves, before his two grandsons, Craig and Matt
father’s passing in 1956.
Cox, all followed in his foot-
Don served in the U.S. steps with pharmacy careers.
Army Air Forces, enlisting in
Always proud to serve the
the summer of 1943. He ulti- community, Don was also
mately joined the World War active in Boy Scouts, served
II war eff orts on the island many years on several school
boards, and he played a major
role in advocating for a new
Long Beach grade school
to replace the old two-story
wood building.
He was an advocate for
the formation of Timberland
Regional Library, chaired the
county c ancer s ociety and
South Bend Labor Day com-
mittees, and is credited with
coining the phrase still used
today, “Come and Play on
Labor Day.”
In recent years, Don
was still golfi ng at age 98,
but when he wasn’t play-
ing he seized every oppor-
tunity to watch or listen to a
game or sports match on TV
or the radio. Don also loved
to see his kids, grandkids and
great-grandchildren follow
his love of sports and pursue
their individual passions.
In recent months, it
brought him great joy to see
daughter Cathi win the Ore-
gon Coast Invitational w om-
en’s senior championship this
summer .
He was married to Marge,
the love of his life, for an
amazing 75 years. After her
passing on Feb. 24, 2020,
Don soon moved in with
his son, David, and his wife,
Debbie, in their home in
South Bend, where he contin-
ued to watch televised sports,
enjoyed sunsets over Willapa
Bay and cherished his time
with family.
He is survived by his
daughter, Donna Noonan, of
Portland; son, David Cox,
of South Bend; daughter,
Susan Cox, of Mesa, Ari-
zona; daughter, Cathi Barta,
of Mount Vernon, Washing-
ton; 10 grandchildren; and 11
great-grandchildren.
A celebration of his life is
planned to be held for close
family and friends on a future
date at the Astoria Golf &
Country Club.
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