Harriet C

Coughlin

Harriet C. Coughlin age 92 died Tuesday, February 27 at the Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Ft. Wayne, IN.

She was born August 30, 1925 in Ft. Wayne the daughter of the late Louis A. and Caroline R. (Goeglein) Swager. She was a South Side High School graduate.  On April 16, 1947 she married Joseph W. Coughlin, who preceded her in death on November 18, 2008.  She was previously worked at G.E. and retired as a secretary for attorney John De Muth.  She was a member of Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, the Rosary Solidarity, and Grover Hill VFW Auxiliary.

She is survived by 6 children: Jerry (Jennifer) Coughlin, Cincinnati, Janet (Richard) Peters, Ft. Wayne, Steven Coughlin, Oberlin, OH, Stanley (Patricia) Coughlin, Findlay, Michael Coughlin, Paulding, and Susan (Rodney) Kreager, Stroh, IN; a brother, Richard (Claudia) Swager, Minneapolis, MN; a sister, Deloris Geib, Chicago, IL; 6 grandchildren: Karen (Dave) Biller, Mark (Judy) Peters, Zac (Joni) Coughlin, Ian (Amy) Coughlin, Jordan (Emily) Coughlin, and Christopher Coughlin; great grandchildren:  Lindsay, Luke, Natalie, Ben, Lauren, Alexandra, Charlie, Maura, Audrey, Cooper and Lucy.

She is also preceded in death by a brother, Louis Swager, and a sister, Jean Westerman.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted 10 AM Wednesday, March 7 at Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, Paulding. Burial will be in St. Paul Cemetery, Paulding.

Visitation will be 4 – 8 PM with a Rosary Service at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, March 6 at Den Herder Funeral Home, Paulding.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations made to Masses or Paulding County Hospital Home Health Care.