OBITUARY
MRS. KOUNS' RITES TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Drury Kouns, 89, of Chesapeake, who died Sunday night at her home, will be conducted at 2:30 P. M. today at the Schneider Funeral Home at Chesapeake by Dr. James T. Browning. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at Ironton. Mrs. Kouns, a former school teacher in Lawrence County, was born at Burlington, O., a daughter of the late Lawson and Louisa Drury. Her late husband, Henry Kouns, worked on steamboats for a number of years and he and Mrs. Kouns made their home in Shreveport, La. They returned to Lawrence County in 1901 and Mr. Kouns owned and operated a farm where the Chesapeake Airport is now located. They sold the farm during the first World War and moved to Chesapeake. Mr. Kouns died several years ago. Mrs. Kouns was a charter member and one of the organizers of the Chesapeake Woman's Club. She served at vice-president of the club for one term, and was historian for a number of years. Mrs. Kouns was a member of the former Kouns Chapel Methodist Church, and later of the Chesapeake Methodist Church. She is survived by one son, Andrew L. Kouns of Huntington; two grandsons, John H. Kouns of Warren, O., and William C. Kouns of Chicago; one sister, Mrs. Hattie Schute of North Kenova, O., one brother, Frank Drury of Jacksonville, Fla., and four great-grandsons. The body is at the funeral home. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
MRS. KOUNS' RITES TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Drury Kouns, 89, of Chesapeake, who died Sunday night at her home, will be conducted at 2:30 P. M. today at the Schneider Funeral Home at Chesapeake by Dr. James T. Browning. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at Ironton. Mrs. Kouns, a former school teacher in Lawrence County, was born at Burlington, O., a daughter of the late Lawson and Louisa Drury. Her late husband, Henry Kouns, worked on steamboats for a number of years and he and Mrs. Kouns made their home in Shreveport, La. They returned to Lawrence County in 1901 and Mr. Kouns owned and operated a farm where the Chesapeake Airport is now located. They sold the farm during the first World War and moved to Chesapeake. Mr. Kouns died several years ago. Mrs. Kouns was a charter member and one of the organizers of the Chesapeake Woman's Club. She served at vice-president of the club for one term, and was historian for a number of years. Mrs. Kouns was a member of the former Kouns Chapel Methodist Church, and later of the Chesapeake Methodist Church. She is survived by one son, Andrew L. Kouns of Huntington; two grandsons, John H. Kouns of Warren, O., and William C. Kouns of Chicago; one sister, Mrs. Hattie Schute of North Kenova, O., one brother, Frank Drury of Jacksonville, Fla., and four great-grandsons. The body is at the funeral home. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
OBITUARY
MRS. KOUNS' RITES TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Drury Kouns, 89, of Chesapeake, who died Sunday night at her home, will be conducted at 2:30 P. M. today at the Schneider Funeral Home at Chesapeake by Dr. James T. Browning. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at Ironton. Mrs. Kouns, a former school teacher in Lawrence County, was born at Burlington, O., a daughter of the late Lawson and Louisa Drury. Her late husband, Henry Kouns, worked on steamboats for a number of years and he and Mrs. Kouns made their home in Shreveport, La. They returned to Lawrence County in 1901 and Mr. Kouns owned and operated a farm where the Chesapeake Airport is now located. They sold the farm during the first World War and moved to Chesapeake. Mr. Kouns died several years ago. Mrs. Kouns was a charter member and one of the organizers of the Chesapeake Woman's Club. She served at vice-president of the club for one term, and was historian for a number of years. Mrs. Kouns was a member of the former Kouns Chapel Methodist Church, and later of the Chesapeake Methodist Church. She is survived by one son, Andrew L. Kouns of Huntington; two grandsons, John H. Kouns of Warren, O., and William C. Kouns of Chicago; one sister, Mrs. Hattie Schute of North Kenova, O., one brother, Frank Drury of Jacksonville, Fla., and four great-grandsons. The body is at the funeral home. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
MRS. KOUNS' RITES TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Drury Kouns, 89, of Chesapeake, who died Sunday night at her home, will be conducted at 2:30 P. M. today at the Schneider Funeral Home at Chesapeake by Dr. James T. Browning. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at Ironton. Mrs. Kouns, a former school teacher in Lawrence County, was born at Burlington, O., a daughter of the late Lawson and Louisa Drury. Her late husband, Henry Kouns, worked on steamboats for a number of years and he and Mrs. Kouns made their home in Shreveport, La. They returned to Lawrence County in 1901 and Mr. Kouns owned and operated a farm where the Chesapeake Airport is now located. They sold the farm during the first World War and moved to Chesapeake. Mr. Kouns died several years ago. Mrs. Kouns was a charter member and one of the organizers of the Chesapeake Woman's Club. She served at vice-president of the club for one term, and was historian for a number of years. Mrs. Kouns was a member of the former Kouns Chapel Methodist Church, and later of the Chesapeake Methodist Church. She is survived by one son, Andrew L. Kouns of Huntington; two grandsons, John H. Kouns of Warren, O., and William C. Kouns of Chicago; one sister, Mrs. Hattie Schute of North Kenova, O., one brother, Frank Drury of Jacksonville, Fla., and four great-grandsons. The body is at the funeral home. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
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