Richard Cohoon's Obituary
Richard F. Cohoon, 77, of Vandalia, went home to be with the
Lord on Friday, August 23, 2013, at his home.
Services were held at 11:00am, Tuesday, August 27 at the First
Pentecostal Church in Vandalia, with Bishop Thomas Suey and Pastor
Bill Kistler officiating. Burial was in the Fairlawn
Cemetery, Vandalia with military rites accorded by Crawford-Hale
American Legion Post No. 95. Visitation was held from 6-8:00
p.m. Monday and from 10-11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the First Pentecostal
Church. Hohlt & File Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements. Memorials: Christ Tabernacle Church
Building Fund, Mid America Preparatory School, or donor's
choice.
Mr. Cohoon was born on February 1, 1936, in Fayette County, the
son of James Benjamin and Hilda Lorraine (Wernle) Cohoon. He
married Linda Kay Diveley on October 21, 1959, in Vandalia.
He was a pin setter for the Vandalia bowling alley and a caddie
for the Vandalia Country and Golf Club during his youth. He
worked as a machine operator and a welder for Con-Rail for 32
years. He was a member of Christ Tabernacle Church in
Herrick, IL. He was a veteran in the US Army - Korean
War. He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post No. 3862 in Vandalia, and a lifetime member of Crawford-Hale
American Legion Post No. 95 in Vandalia.
He loved hunting and fishing with family and friends, and
enjoyed working in his garden, especially sharing his prize
tomatoes.
He is survived by his loving wife, Linda, of 53 years; daughters
Cynthia Dothager of Vandalia and Diana and her husband Gary Smith
of Brownstown; three grandchildren Alicia and husband Ryan Ball of
Grafton, Amber and her husband Zachary Crothers of Sullivan,
Chelsea and her husband Emmanuel Garcia of Carol Stream; four great
grandchildren Rosalie Ball, Grace Crothers, Wade Ball, and Zoey
Crothers; brother Alfred Cohoon and wife Joyce of Greenville;
sisters Joyce Brown of Bluff City and Maxine and husband Jim Mays
of Greenville and sister-in-law Glenda Hamblin of Vandalia, who has
been a faithful friend throughout the years.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Ernest and
Albert; and sister Juanita.
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