Charles L. (Chubby) Coughenour
Charles L. (Chubby) Coughenour, 71, of Smithfield, Pa., a loving husband and devoted father, died peacefully Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005, at his home with his loving family around him, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born March 17, 1934, in Smithfield, Pa., the son of the late Nora Linburg Stoker Coughenour and Ralph C. Hill.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Baby Theresa Coughenour, brothers, Robert, John and Miles Coughenour and James and Arley Stoker, and sisters, Mary Nevling, Ida Clemmer, Hazel Eberle, Louise Jones and Nell Burgy.
He is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Theresa Lechner Coughenour; children, Ralph Coughenour and wife, Charlotte of Durham, N.H., Carolyn Coughenour and Terry Brozik of Smithfield, Pa., Mark Coughenour of the state of New Jersey and Terry Coughenour of Paris, VA.; grandchildren, Nicole and Luke Coughenour of Durham, N.H., and Alison Brozik Price and husband, Jeff and daughter, Lauryn of Smithfield, Pa.; sisters, Francis Conley and husband, Bob of Mogadore, Ohio and Betty Starosta of Akron, Ohio; numerous and nephews; and granddogs, Fierski and Parker.
Chub graduated from Point Marion High School in 1952. He served in the U.S. Army. He was a printer by trade and belonged to the International Typographical Union. He was employed as a printer by the Uniontown Herald Standard Newspaper until his retirement. He was also instrumental in the construction of the Smithfield Little League field at its present location.
The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church St., Fairchance, Pa., on Friday from 2 to 8 p.m., and on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, until 9:30 a.m., when a Prayer Service will be held. A Mass of Christian Burial follows at 10 a.m., in the Ss. Cyril & Methodius R.C. Church in Fairchance, with the Rev. Fr. Andrew M. Kawecki as Celebrant. Interment will follow in the Mount Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, Pa. A Parish Wake Service will be held on Friday at 8 p.m.