James Madison Cowan of Davison age 76 passed away on November 11, 2010 at Brian's House Hospice after a lengthy illness. Jim was born in Franklin, PA on February 17, 1934 the son of the late Chester and Florence (Roberts) Cowan .Jim spent his childhood in the area and graduated from Franklin Area High School in 1951. He graduated from Vennard University in Oskaloosa Iowa in 1956 with a degree in Theology and served as pastor in two churches in Pittsburgh, PA and another in Wichita, KS. Soon after he went back to school and received his Master Degree in business. Jim was a natural leader and had many successful ventures. Perhaps the one he was most proud of was his time with McDonald Dairies…He joined them as General Manager, with hard work and his charismatic personality he rose to the position of President, under his tenure the Dairy grew and thrived. All work and no play makes for a dull person and Jim was many things but never dull. He loved his children and he was a dutiful father...he played as hard as he worked and because of his many experiences you could always count on him for a wonderful story. Jim is survived by his daughter Susan Cowan Williams (Keith) five grandchildren; Joy, Charles, Christina, Eric, and Shawn; 4 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by son Sean Cowan and daughter Nicole Cowan; Sister Beverly Cotrone. A celebration of Jim's life will be held at 4:00pm Saturday November 13, 2010 at Hansen Funeral Home Groves Chapel Downtown Davison. Rev. Goodman Cox officiating. Family will receive visitors on Saturday from 1:00pm until time of services. Burial will be at Sunset Hills Cemetery. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Brian's House Hospice. We wish to express gratitude to all the great and compassionate people there who took such loving care of Jim. Jim was loved by and loved many people. His great love was Karen Marion, the family wishes to acknowledge with great gratitude her love and devotion to Jim through the good times and the bad. The family also wishes to acknowledge his friends with the "Moving On Group" for all of the fun and fellowship they afforded him before and the support they offered during his illness.