Esther W.
COHENOUR, 83, of Mount
Union, died at 10:40 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, at
JC. Blair Memorial Hospital,
Huntingdon. Born April 10,
1919, in Rockhill Furnace,
she was a daughter of the
late
Issac W. and Laura B. (Hollibaugh)
Workman. She was married to
Bernard A. Cohenour Dec. 14,
1939, at Orbisonia. Mr.
Cohenour preceded her in
death Jan. 17, 1998.
Three
children survive; James A. Cohenour, Mount Union;
Richard R. Cohenour, Three
Springs, R.R.; and Eileen C.
Smith, Mount Union. R.R.
There are five grandchildren
and five
great-grandchildren. One
sister and two brothers
survive;
Zada Shapiro of
Mount Union, currently
residing in Michigan;
Paul
Workman of York; and Willard
Workman of Chambersburg.
She
was preceded in death by two
brothers, Clifford Workman
and Edgar Workman; two
sisters.
Doris Sterner and
Edith Copestake; and one
stepbrother, Marlin Workman.
Mrs. Cohenour attended the
First United Methodist
Church, Mount Union. where
she was a member of the
Women’s Sunday School class.
She was a member of Mount
Union Chapter No. 280 Order
of Eastern Star and the
Women’s Twentieth Century
Club of Mount Union. She was
a 1935 graduate of Orbisonia
High School. Primarily a
homemaker, she also helped
manage her father’s
business, Workman’s Economy
Store, in Orbisonia,
Rockhill and Mount Union.
She also helped at the
Rockhill Post Office when it
was located at her fathers
store.
She later helped her
husband with Cohenour’s
Refrigeration Service and
Bicycle Repair, Mount Union.
She enjoyed playing the
piano, knitting and sewing.
She and her husband enjoyed
going to flea markets.
Funeral services will he
held at 11 a.m., Tuesday,
Feb. 11, at the Martin R.
Brown Funeral Home,
Orbisonia. Interment will be
made at Jordan Cemetery,
Orbisonia. R.R.
