Judy Marie (Sanders) Cokonougher

Judy Marie (Sanders) Coko­nougher, 61, went home to be with the Lord on Wednes­day (Oct. 19, 2011) at OSU James Can­cer Hos­pi­tal after a five month battle.

Judy was born March 16, 1950 in Chill­i­cothe to Nor­man Dou­glas and Mar­i­lyn Louise (McDill) Sanders, who pre­ceded her in death. Judy was a 1968 grad­u­ate of Unioto High School and a 1972 grad­u­ate of Ohio Uni­ver­sity with a degree in Ele­men­tary Edu­ca­tion. She held posi­tions in var­i­ous Edu­ca­tional Orga­ni­za­tions as Teacher, Finan­cial Aid Offi­cer (CCAD) and Day Care owner (Cour­tright Acad­emy). She recently retired as an Admin­is­tra­tive Direc­tor for the Children’s Dyslexia Cen­ter of Colum­bus (a Masonic Char­ity) in Dublin. She loved her job using the Orton-Gillingham method for tutor­ing chil­dren with Dyslexia and man­ag­ing the busi­ness affairs of the cen­ter. Judy was a mem­ber of McK­endree United Methodist Church, Loraine Chap­ter No. 1, Order of the East­ern Star. She exem­pli­fied the phrase “Proud to be a Mason’s Lady” as she sup­ported her husband’s Masonic activ­i­ties. She was an inspi­ra­tion to all who knew her. Her smile was infec­tious and she never met a stranger. She was the ulti­mate host­ess. Judy took great joy in giv­ing to oth­ers, always hav­ing a gift in wait­ing for any occa­sion. Her favorite pas­times were spend­ing time with her grand­chil­dren doing arts and crafts, tend­ing to her flow­ers, and bar­gain shop­ping. Judy will be greatly missed by all who knew her and is leav­ing a void that can­not be filled. Her legacy will live for eternity.

She is sur­vived by her lov­ing hus­band of 39 years and best friend, Steven E. Coko­nougher; daugh­ter, Amie (Michael) Fleck; son, Jason Coko­nougher; grand­son, Jacob Michael Fleck and grand­daugh­ter, Bai­ley Lynn Fleck. She is also sur­vived by one sis­ter, Bar­bara (Sanders) Lawhorn of Chill­i­cothe; nephews, Joseph Lawhorn and Brian Coko­nougher, and niece, Emily Woodruff. She had so many friends that it would be impos­si­ble to list all.

A funeral ser­vice will be held at 11 a.m. Sat­ur­day, Oct. 22, at McK­endree United Methodist Church, 3330 Cleve­land Ave., Colum­bus, with the Rev. Cathy Her­ring­ton offi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial will fol­low in For­est Lawn Memo­r­ial Gar­dens. Vis­i­ta­tion hours will be held at McK­endree United Methodist Church from 1 to 3 and 5 to 9 p.m. Fri­day, and one hour prior to the funeral ser­vice on Saturday.

In lieu of flow­ers, con­tri­bu­tions can be made to the Children’s Dyslexia Cen­ter of Colum­bus, 290 Cram­mer Creek Ct., Dublin, OH 43017. Arrange­ments com­pleted by Rutherford-Corbin Funeral Home, 515 High St., Wor­thing­ton, OH 43085.

Con­do­lences for the fam­ily may be sent to rutherfordfuneralhomes.com.

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