Paulding-Ross County OhArchives Obituaries.....Forest Herman Cokonougher. September 17 1972.
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Ralph W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 21, 2004, 12:06 pm

From an undated newspaper clipping from Lansing, Michigan.

"COKONOUGHER, FOREST H.  1032 Cooper Ave.  Lansing, Mich.  
Age 76, died Sept 17, 1972 at a local hospital.  He was born Sept. 15, 1896 in 
Paulding County, Ohio.  A former employee of the Novo Engine Co. for 28 years 
and was the custodian at the North Street Church of the Nazarene for 15 years.  
Surviving are the wife Katherine N.; two daughters, Mrs. Paul (Virginia) Ayers 
and Mrs. Charles (Ena) Mulford, both of Lansing; five grandchildren; six great-
grandchildren.  Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 P.M. from the 
Gorsline-Runciman Lansing Chapel with Rev. C. Kenneth Sparks from the North 
Street Church of the Nazarene officiating.  Interment in Gunnisonville Cemetery.


Additional Comments:
     Forest Cokonougher was first cousin to the Cokonougher families of the 
South Salem area of Ross County, Ohio.  The wife of Forest was 
Katherine "Naimeh Touma" Nina Joseph, daughter of Thomas Nemer "Nemer Yousef 
Touma" Joseph and Mariam "Mary" Khalil Touma.  His father was John Elwood 
Cokonougher, son of Adtson Elsworth and Elizabeth (Shoemaker) Cokonougher, and 
his mother was Luella Etta (Case) Cokonougher.  The sisters of Forest were 
Goldie Faye (Cokonougher) Burch, Etta Mae (Cokonougher) Wooten, and Icie 
Cokonougher.  Harley Elwood Cokonougher was the brother of Forest.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
            The following newspaper clipping has no date or name of newspaper:

"COKONOUGHER, FOREST H.
1032 Cooper Ave.
Lansing, Mich.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. from the Gorsline-Runciman 
Lansing Chapel with Rev. C. Kenneth Sparks from the North Street Church of the 
Nazarene officiating.  Interment in Gunnisonville Cemetery.  Pallbearers will 
be William Burt, Kenneth Mayes, Charles Rider, Clifford Shauver, Roy Shepherd, 
Orin Wirt."
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             The following newspaper clipping also has no date or name of paper:

"COKONOUGHER, FOREST H.
1032 Cooper Ave.
Lansing, Mich.
Funeral Services were held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. from the Gorsline-Runciman 
Lansing Chapel with Rev. C. Kenneth Sparks from the North Street Church of the 
Nazarene officiating.  Interment in Gunnisonville Cemetery."
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            The following newspaper clipping also has no date or name of paper:

"FOREST H. COKONOUGHER.
          Forest H. Cokonougher, 76, of 1032 Cooper Ave., died Sunday at a 
local hospital.
          He was a former employee of Novo Engine Co. for 28 years and 
custodian at the North Street Church of the Nazarene for 15 years.
          Surviving are his wife, Katherine N. and two daughters, Mrs. Paul 
Ayers and Mrs. Charles Mulford of Lansing.
          Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the 
Gorsline-Runciman Lansing Chapel."
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          From the Memory Card for Forest H. Cokonougher, 1032 Cooper:
Psalm 23.
 
"BORN
September 15, 1896.
Paulding County, Ohio.

DIED
September 17, 1972
Lansing, Michigan

SERVICES HELD AT
Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home.
Wednesday, September 20, 1972.
2:30 P.M.

OFFICIATING
Rev. C. Kenneth Sparks
North St. Church of the Nazarene.

MUSIC
Mrs. Lois Bykerk - Organist.

INTERMENT
Gunnisonville Cemetery

CASKET BEARERS
William Burt.        Clifford Shauver.
Kenneth Mayes.    Roy Shepherd.
Charles Rider.       Orin Wirt."



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