Denise Lynn (Downing) Prout passed away on June 4, 2010.Denise was the Gymnastics Coach for the Chardon High School Gymnastics team for 27 years. She was the Executive Director for Chardon Community Day Care Center for 2 years after having served on the Board of Directors for many years. Denise was very devoted to education and home schooled all 5 of her children. She loved Gymnastics, Coaching, Scrap Booking and Gardening. She was devoted to her family and their activities. Denise was a 1981 Graduate of Cardinal High School, Attended Eastern Michigan University on a Gymnastics Scholarship and earned her Masters Degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She was a Sunday School teacher for Cornerstone Bible Church in Middlefield for many years. Survivors include her husband James D.Prout, Jr. of Huntsburg Twp., whom she married April 24, 1999 at the Fellowship Bible Church in Bainbridge, children Hannah and Sarah White, Trenton, Abigail and Aedan Prout all at home. She also leaves her parents Stanley and Josephine (nee: Jones) Downing of Huntsburg Twp., and sister Linda (Steve) Skala of Mentor.Memorials: Donations are requested to the family for the education of her children.