Burness "Bunny" Cotterman

A funeral service, to celebrate the life of Burness Bunny Eileen Cotterman, age 81 of Newark, will be held on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 11:00 AM at the Hebron Chapel of Hoskinson Funeral and Cremation Service, with Pastor Tom Myers officiating. Burial will be at Fairmount Cemetery.Bunny was born in Hebron, Ohio on March 8, 1933 to the late James and Alice (Dupler) Neel. She passed away at the Selma Markowitz Care Center, operated by Hospice of Central Ohio, on July 11, 2014. Bunny was an active member of the White Chapel United Methodist Church. She was formerly an active member of the Hebron Church of the Nazarene, where she was a volunteer and Sunday school teacher. She was a devoted homemaker, enjoyed her animals, cats, farming, sewing and gardening, but most important in her life was taking care of and spending time with her loving family.Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Donald Roger Cotterman, whom she married in June 1958; daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Mark Fischer of Newark; son, Donald L. Cotterman of Newark; brother and sister-in-law, James David and Carol Neel of Millersport; grandchildren, Lauren Fischer and Drew Fischer; and two nephews.Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Bunny, to the Carol Strawn Center, 126 W. Church Street, Newark, Ohio 43055.Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.Friends may call at the funeral home, 108 N. 7th Street, Hebron, on Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:00 PM.Visit www.HoskinsonFuneral.com to share a special memory about Bunny or to sign an online guest book.Hoskinson Funeral and Cremation Service is honored to care for the Cotterman family.