Donald E. Couts,
56, passed away Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, at his home near Stendal.
He was born July 5, 1948 in Evansville, Indiana.
He retired from Conrail Rail
Line as a locomotive engineer. He had been a volunteer firefighter and attended
New Liberty
General Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Tina (Mason) Couts; three
daughters, Dawn (Nick) Riley of Oakland city, IN, Amanda Couts
of Otwell, IN and Sgt. Margie (Sgt. Jason) Arnold ofFt. Irwin, CA; a son,
Donald E. Couts Jr. of Stendal;
his mother, Thelma (Grimes) Couts of Arthur, IN; a
sister, Cheryl Nelson of Arthur, IN; and two grandchildren Mikayla
and Cody Riley.
He was preceded in death by his father, William Eugene Couts
in 1996.
Services will be at 10 A.M.
(CST) Thursday at Corn-Colvin Funeral Home in Oakland City, with burial in Montgomery Cemetery.
Visitation is from 4 to
8 p.m. Wednesday and from 8 a.m. to service time.