Ross County OhArchives Obituaries.....Herman Franklin Cokonougher. March 31 2001.
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Ralph W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com February 21, 2004, 6:48 pm

From the 2 April 2001 "Times-Gazette" of Hillsboro, Ohio, page 2, Col.1.

               "HERMAN F. 'TOM' COKONOUGHER, 1919-2001."       
       Herman F. 'Tom' Cokonougher, 81, of Frankfort died unexpectedly at 2:46 
a.m. Saturday, March 31, 2001 at Adena Regional Medical Center.      He was 
married to the former Bernice Williams Dreitzler on March 18, 1973, who 
survives.      He was born Dec. 12, 1919 in South Salem, the son of the late 
Harvey and Dollie  Smith Cokonougher.  He was a truck driver most of his life 
and was known locally as the 'Buckeye Man' because of his habit of collecting 
and giving them to everyone.  He was a US Army veteran having fought in the 
Battle of the Bulge and was the recipient of two Purple Hearts.  He was a 
member of the Joseph Ellsworth White Post 483 American Legion.      He is also 
survived by three stepsons, Jim (Debbie) Dreitzler of Frankfort, Bob (Sue) 
Dreitzler of Chillicothe, John (Brenda) Dreitzler of Frankfort; two step 
daughters, Jenny Dreitzler of Frankfort and Judi Ebin of Minnesota; 17 
grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and three 
sisters, Eva Lyle of Alabama; Genevieve Van Allen of Gahanna, Ohio, and Ethel 
Mae Haines of Greenfield.       He was preceded in death by one brother Jay 
Cokonougher and a sister Isabel Post.       Services will be held at 11 a.m. 
Tuesday at the Fisher-Anderson-Ebright Funeral Home in Frankfort with Pastor 
Tim Benkert officiating.  Burial will be held at South Salem Cemetery where 
military honors will be accorded by the Frankfort American Legion.  Visitation 
will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home."



Additional Comments:
	The following second obituary is from the 2 April 2001, Monday, "Record-
Herald" of Washington C.H., Ohio, page 2, col. 3 :  
                     "HERMAN F. 'TOM' COKONOUGHER.  
        Herman F. 'Tom' Cokonougher, 81, of Frankfort died at 2:46 a.m. 
Saturday, March 31, 2001 in Adena Regional Medical Center.  He was born Dec. 
12, 1919 in South Salem, Ohio to Harvey and Dollie Smith Cokonougher.  His wife 
is the former Bernice Williams Dreitzler.  The funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday 
in Fisher-Anderson-Ebright Funeral Home, Frankfort, with burial in South Salem 
Cemetery.  Calling hours are Monday, 6-8 

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