Robert William Cox

Robert (Bob) William Cox, 51, passed away August 14, 2012 after a courageous battle with Cholagiocarcenoma, a rare form of cancer. Bob was born August 23, 1960 in Lakeview, Oregon to Donald and Virginia Cox. When he was in the third grade his family moved to Molalla, where he attended grade school and high school. On September 22, 1979 he married Tracy Clinkscales at Grace Lutheran Church in Molalla. His first job was at his father’s Texaco station (now Chevron) on Main Street. He would go on to work in the propane and petroleum industry for the remainder of his life. In 1981 Bob went into business with his father operating Don Cox Propane until the business’s sale in 1995. In 1991 Bob purchased his first Truck and trailer to haul propane for their retail operation, under the name IXL Propane. The name was later changed to IXL Transportation Service as the business expanded to hauling various types of petroleum products. By 2012 the Molalla based business had expanded to 25 trucks and 32 employees, delivering petroleum products to 30 states, including Alaska and two Canadian Providences. In his younger years Bob was a volunteer firefighter for Molalla Fire Department’s Mulino Station and in 1985 he was elected Vice President of the Molalla Fire Station after just one and a half years on the force. 1987 he was elected Lieutenant of the fire district, one of two who worked out of the Mulino Station. A business owner for most of his adult life, Bob sought to better the business community around him by hosting his church’s marketplace ministry for business owners, managers and employees at his home every Tuesday night for the past year. When he was not working, Bob enjoyed fishing, playing poker, skeet shooting and traveling in his RV with his family and friends. He also loved Clint Eastwood and John Wayne Western movies. He is survived by his wife of nearly 33 years, Tracy Cox; daughters, Danielle Cox and Diana Cox, mother, Virginia Cox; sisters Dawn Burns and Tray Gibboney; nephew Brian Burns, niece Erin Burns; many cousins and extended family members and many, many friend. He is preceded in death by his father Don Cox. Services were held for Robert on August 23, 2012 at 2:30 pm in Molalla, Oregon In Lieu of Flowers the family requests donations be made to the Meadowbrook Education Foundation, a 501C non-profit, for the Robert Cox Memorial Scholarship Fund: Meadowbrook Education Foundation: Robert Cox Memorial Scholarship Fund – P.O. Box 187 – Molalla, Oregon 97038 Arrangements entrusted to Molalla Funeral Chapel.