RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. --Courtney A. Gould, chairman of the Misco Shawnee distributorship, died in his sleep from a cerebral hemorrhage at Eisenhower Memorial Hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. on March 22. He was 85.
Born in St. Louis on June 23, 1915, Gould started his business career in 1935 with the Missouri Auction Co., a retail furniture store opened in 1912 by his father Louis Gould. In 1941, he was introduced to wholesale distribution when he began working for wholesale appliance distributor Mayflower Sales.