This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Maughan, Cottle Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/332 Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 11/21/2002 MT. STERLING, Utah - Lea Cottle Maughan, 69, returned peacefully to her Heavenly Father after an extended struggle with cancer on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002, at her home with her husband and son by her side. She was born Aug. 26, 1933, in Stone, Idaho, to Leland and Clara Cottle, the fifth of 10 children. When she was 8 years old, the family purchased a farm in Trenton. They moved by wagon to the farm, where she grew up with a strong, loving family. She enjoyed being on the farm and working in the fields topping beets. She attended area schools and graduated from North Cache High School in 1951. On July 25, 1951, she married Arol L. Maughan in the Logan LDS Temple. They moved several times before settling in Hyrum in 1957, where they raised their six sons. In 1981, they built their current home in Wellsville. In addition to raising her family, she graduated from USU with a teaching degree and later returned to USU and obtained a master's degree in Instructional Technology. She taught at Lincoln Elementary School and later worked as the media specialist at Wellsville Elementary, retiring in 1997. She and Arol served an LDS mission in the New Zealand, Wellington mission from December 1997 to June 1999. She also served in many other church positions throughout her life. Many have been influenced by Lea's zest for life, passion for learning and love of reading. She also loved to work in the flower garden; make quilts; crochet; make Christmas candy with the grandchildren; and spend time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. With her family as her guide, Lea grew to love fishing and had the natural ability to always catch the biggest fish. She returned the favor by guiding us through life and helped us to make the best of things we could not change. Most of all, she never gave up doing the best she could in all she did. Her love and commitment to her family was always foremost in her life. Her lifetime of service to her family was her greatest honor. Lea is survived by her husband, Arol (Wellsville), their sons and their wives, Devon and Karen (Shreveport, LA), Darwin and Debbie (Nibley), Larry and Terri (Hyrum), Gaylen and Teresa (Newton), Doug and Kathy (Millville), and Bruce (Wellsville). She is also survived by 18 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and two more on the way. Also surviving are her brothers and sisters, Bea Boman, Alice Hulse, Leland Cottle, Wally Cottle, Melvin Cottle, Steve Cottle and Ed Cottle. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leland and Clara Cottle, and an infant brother and sister. Funeral services will be held on Saturday Nov. 23, 2002, at noon, at the Wellsville Stake Center in Wellsville, with Joe Brough conducting. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 E. Center Street, Logan and Saturday from 11 to 11 :45 in the Wellsville Stake Center. Interment will be in the Wellsville Cemetery.