Marian Prouty Cougher

Cougher, Marian Prouty, died peacefully in her sleep on her 92nd birthday, March 27, 2008, at Lakeview Village Care Center in Lenexa, KS., with her son and daughter-in-law at her bedside. Funeral services will be held at Downing Lahey Mortuary East in Wichita at 11 A.M. on Tuesday, April 1. Entombment following at White Chapel Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Memorial contributions suggested to the animal protection organization of your choice. Marian was born March 27, 1916 in Newton, Kansas. She retired from the Kansas State Employment Service in 1977 after 35 years of employment. She lived the majority of her life in Wichita, moving to an assisted living facility in Lenexa in 2000. She was a member of the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Wichita for over 50 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, five siblings, and her husband, Paul B. Cougher, who died in 1983. She is survived by her son, Maurice Cougher and daughter-in-law, Kathryn Cougher of Lenexa; granddaughter, Katherine Hays of Lawrence, and grandson, John Cougher of Norman, OK: two great-grandsons and two great-granddaughters; nine nieces and nephews. Marians son and daughter-in-law would like to give special thanks to the caring staff at Lakeview Village Care Center for the compassionate and professional treatment shown to Marian in the last years of her life. They are special people and we are most grateful.