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Melvin Cox

Visitation Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Visitation Time: 3:00-9:00 p.m.
Funeral Date: Thursday, April 19th, 2018
Funeral Time: 10:30 am
Place of Funeral: Salerno's Rosedale Chapels
Funeral Notes: Family and friends are asked to gather at the funeral home Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
Interment: St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery

Melvin J. Cox, 89 passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on a snowy Tuesday, April 16, 2018.
Born October 28, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois to Henry and Margaret Cox. Mel (Mac) was preceded in death
by his wife Angeline M. (Guerra) Cox and his grandson Kenneth M. Riordan. Together Mel and Ang had
5 children, 18 grandchildren, and 30 great-grandchildren. Mac was an entrepreneur; starting his first
business at 16. In 1969, he began his legacy business, Mel’s Lithoplate Service, LLC, a globally renowned
printing and color separation company in Roselle, Illinois in suburban Chicago. Mel was known for his
strong work ethic, tenacious demeanor, his big heart and to his grandchildren “the paddle” which was
never used. Visitation services will be held at Salerno Rosedale Chapels Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 450
W. Lake Street Roselle, IL 60172 from 3-9 p.m. and funeral services will begin Thursday, April 19, 2018 at
10:30 am.

Funeral Home

Salerno's Rosedale Chapels

Phone: (630) 889-1700
Address: 450 W. Lake Street Roselle IL, 60172

Church Details

Salerno's Rosedale Chapels

Phone: 630-889-1700
Address: 450 W. Lake St. Roselle Illinois, 60172
Service Date: April 19th 2018
Funeral Time: 10:30 am

Interment Details

St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery

Address: 1185 W. Algonquin Rd. Palatine Illinois, 60067

Guestbook


Posted by:
John Vertnik

Posted on:
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

I was the last employee at Mel's. I never worked under Mel himself but I considered it my second home. Mel himself as I knew him was a peaceful guy who was enjoying his retirement. I remember him sitting outside his home looking up at the planes flying overhead. He really seemed to enjoy that. I heard he ruled with a iron fist but he had many people who worked there for decades. Rest in peace Mel and thank you for starting that company that gave me employment for 6 years.

Posted by:
Frederick Kloster

Posted on:
Sunday, June 23, 2019

It is fitting that I am able to write the last words for Mel Cox. He owned a prepress business and I worked there for nine months. He was drunken mean spirited man. He belittled every one of his employees. Even his own children boasted of quitting several time. Is that correct Jim? I watched in disbelief as he made his employees run like frightened cats when he came back after lunch all boozed up. I cannot recount the number of employees who were tortured psychologically by this drunken man. I saw good men trying to provide for their young families humiliated by Melvin Cox. After lunch he would come into the production area and go straight to the waste barrel This is a barrel where all bad film was kept. I remember his fat drunken frame sloshing around for something to bitch about. One day was my turn. I made a mistake and had to scrap about $15 worth of film. I was “sent home” for three days to think about what I did. Needless to say I came back and retrieved my tools and left this Hell Hole. Another time, after lunch of course, he came over to my light table to show me how the adjust a T-square. Mind you, this man counted every second you went to the bathroom wasting production time. Yet here he was wasting 35 minutes staggering around my work space showing me the “right way” to adjust it. I am surprised he didn’t fall over. ps: The only guestbook entry other than mine was from a neighbor. My fellow prepress workers, let’s send this drunken soul off with some unadulterated truth of who and what he is. In closing I would like to invite any and all former employees to write their experience with Mel at Mel’s Lithoplate Service. May he stagger in perpetuity.

Posted by:
Peg Fitzgibbon

Posted on:
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Mac was my neighbor, and then my patient. He love the casinos, would allow our dog Maggie to run across the lawn to visit, and always smiled when I came to see him. I had the chance (thanks to Diane) to say goodbye to him as I had retired the summer prior. He was a strong man, a good man, and I got to give one last forehead kiss and tell him I loved him. RIP dear Mac. I am glad you are free of your body's cruel bonds. I am sad that your family had to endure your loss. God bless you all. Peg Fitzgibbon, RN