Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Koss, Max 1990
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, January 2, 1990

By R. C. Gregory, Editor

El Paso, Texas—Max Koss, 84, former Ionia businessman and political leader, 
died at his retirement residence Saturday.  He was for many years the owner of 
Koss Rexall Drugs, located on the street level of the Johnson Building on West 
Main Street, and was long active in Democratic party politics.

Born Dec. 7, 1905, in Nyatic, Conn., the son of Morris and Rose Koss, he 
attended grade school and high school in Perry, where his father was a 
businessman, and then graduated from Ferris State University in 1926.  
Immediately after graduation, Koss came to Ionia where he worked for the late 
Harry McGowan.

He was married to Anna Dee Nelson on Oct. 7, 1933, in Ionia.  They made their 
home in Ionia until a few years ago, although they wintered in Texas after 
retirement.  Prior to 1946, Koss and McGowan were partners and the pharmacy 
was known as McGowan and Koss Rexall Drugs.   In 1946, after McGowan’s death, 
Koss bought the business and continued as its proprietor until 1973 when he 
sold the business to Edward Sleder.  The location had been a drugstore since 
before the turn of the century.

Long active in Democrat party affairs, Koss served as an alternate Michigan 
delegate to the 1952 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the convention 
that nominated Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson as candidate for the presidency.  He 
was again an alternate Michigan delegate to the 1960 Democratic National 
Convention, the convention that nominated John F. Kennedy as candidate for the 
presidency.  For many years, Koss served party offices in both Ionia City and 
Ionia County, including service as both city and county chairman.

Surviving in addition to his wife, are a son, Lyle Koss, of El Paso, Texas; a 
daughter, Maxine Koss Allen, of Phoenix, Ariz.; five grandchildren; three 
great-grandchildren; a sister, Frances Silverman of Chicago; and numerous 
nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by his brother Louis, long-time 
Saranac pharmacist, in 1986.

Cremation has taken place and funeral services are pending in El Paso.  His 
wife’s address is 1575 Belvedere, Room 528, El Paso, Texas 79912.


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