Ila Cox

Ila Cox, 87, of Hudson, NH, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 in Hudson. She was born in St. James, Barbados and was married to Keith Cox until his death in January 2003. She married Eric Blunt, whom she had known since they were teenagers, a few years later. Ila was determined and feisty. She loved to spend time with her family and spoke to her children, daughter-in-law and sister every day. She enjoyed watching old westerns and Perry Mason on TV. She would tell anyone anywhere that her children, Ronald, Joan and Arlene are the best children in the world, and that her grandchildren, Jeremy and Jennifer, are perfect. Mum was a devoted Jehovah’s Witness, mother, gramma, aunt, and great-aunt who loved to cook for her family regularly each weekend. She is the inventor of the “delicious spongy dumpling” which she added to her already outstanding homemade soup and stew. Before the pandemic, mum regularly traveled back and forth to Barbados beginning sometime toward the end of December to April each year to spend time with Eric, enjoy the food, and the weather. When in Barbados, she would speak multiple times per week with her NH family and loved to ask how the weather was and say how nice and warm it was down there. Ila was the third oldest of six children and made friends easily. In addition to her children Ronald (wife Laura), Joan, and Arlene; grandchildren Jeremy (fiancé Becca) and Jennifer; and her husband Eric, she leaves behind her sisters Lenora Armstrong, Velma Walcott, Maxine King, many, many nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, many friends and surrogate children. She was predeceased by her first husband, Keith Cox, her daughter, Judy, her mother, Dorothy Harris, and brothers Oliver Harris and Carl Burnett. She will always be loved and missed every day. A time of visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 10th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with a Service of Remembrance at 11:30 a.m. in the Dumont-Sullivan Funeral Home, 50 Ferry Street in Hudson, NH. A private graveside service will be held in Oak Grove Cemetery in Medford, MA.