Helen Marie Jacox

Lifetime Plymouth resident, Helen Marie Jacox, 90, 120 E. Harrison St., Plymouth died of natural causes at Miller’s Merry Manor at 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2003.
Helen was born in Plymouth on August 15, 1912, the daughter of Austin F. and Mary Gertrude Stockman Holland.
She graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1930. She attended Ball State Teacher’s College and graduated from the International Business College, Ft. Wayne.
Married in Plymouth to Sanford O. Jacox on April 26, 1936, the couple celebrated 60 years of matrimony prior to his death on September 11, 1996.
Helen was a homemaker and co-owner of Sanford’s and the South Side Groceries. She and Sanford were also co-owners of Plymouth Products for 22 years. A true helpmate to her husband, she was a sweet lady who always wore a smile and never knew a stranger.
The couple loved golf and were avid travelers, seeing much of the world together.
Active in community, volunteer and charity work, Helen was a 50 year member and Past Worthy Matron of the Plymouth Eastern Star, a member and past president of Delta Theta Tau, a philanthropic sorority, United Way secretary for several years and the chair of the Marshall County Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Helen is survived by her son Steve and his wife, Lynn, of Michigan City, Ind., and their daughter, one of Helen’s two granddaughters, Jill Marie and Christopher Craig, of Valparaiso, Ind. Donna Jacox, a daughter-in-law of Park Ridge, Ill., also survives with Laura Ann Jacox, a granddaughter.
Several nieces and nephews survive as well.
Helen was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a son, Larry Sanford Jacox.
Visitation will be in the Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2003. An Eastern Star Memorial Service will be held at 8 p.m. in the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 4, 2003. The Rev. Steven Mullin, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church where Helen was an active member for 60 years, serving also as an Elder and a Deacon, will officiate.
Burial will be in Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Memorial gifts in Helen’s memory may be made to the Marshall County Hospice or charity of the donor’s choice.