Ross County OhArchives Obituaries.....Cokonougher, Mary Gabriel. May 30, 2004
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Exerpted from the 3 June 2004 Hillsboro, Ohio "Times-Gazette".

					MARY COKONOUGHER
	MARY GABRIEL MALONE COKONOUGHER, 83, of Magnolia, Delaware  died May 
30, 2004, at home.
	Born May 26, 1921, in Dover, Mass., she was the daughter of the late 
JOHN JAY MALONE and AGNES L. LEYDEN MALONE.  She was one of 13 children.
	Mary graduated from Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Roxbury, Mass., 
and from New Hampshire College with a degree in teaching.  She taught 
kindergarten in South Natrick, Mass.  She was given an aptitude test by the 
state of Massachusetts.  She was then placed at Gillette's Razor Company in 
Boston, where she was a department head of 126 people.  While there she 
secretly taught precision instrument reading to men at Bendix Aircraft at night 
during World War II.
	Mary was a stay-at-home mom who helped anyone in need.  She took 
cooking classes and became an excellent cook.  She was also a seamstress and 
could fix anything.
	On July 15, 1944, she married HAROLD E. COKONOUGHER in South Salem, 
Ohio and they lived in Dorchester, Mass., after World War II.
	She was preceded in death by her husband Harold in 2000; her son, DUANE 
ELLSWORTH COKONOUGHER in 1983; and several siblings.
	She is survived by her daughter, JAN ORENDORF and her husband JIM 
ORENDORF of Magnolia, Del.; two sisters, Mrs.CLAIRE WEISS of Swansea, Mass., 
and FLORENCE FOSTER of Dorchester, Mass.; two grandchildren, CHRISTIAN ORENDORF 
and THERESA ORENDORF; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, EVELYN STAATS and 
KENNETH STAATS of Bainbridge, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
	Arrangements by Torbert Funeral Chapels, Dover, Del.
 


Additional Comments:
Wife of long-time South Salem and Ross County, Ohio resident, Harold E. 
Cokonougher.

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