OBITUARY: Frederick Harold Coleman, The Dalles, Wasco Co., Oregon

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Earline Wasser <petew@netcnct.net>  December 2002
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Surnames: Coleman, Faulkes, Nash, Oldman, Kendall
 
    Frederick Harold Coleman, 77, a resident of The Dalles, died Thursday,
November 28, 2002, at the local veterans home.
    He was born October 23, 1925, in Nara Visa, New Mexico to Luther and
Mary (Faulkes) Coleman.
    He served for 10 years in the U.S. Army Air Force and was a veteran of 
World War II and the Korean War. He married Patricia Jeanne Kendall on 
July 4, 1964, in McMinnville (Oregon) and they lived in various areas of Oregon
before moving to Dallesport (Washington) in 1975. He retired from SDS Lumber
as a saw and small engine mechanic in 1989, at which time they moved to Echo
(Oregon) where he lived for 12 years before suffering a stroke in 2000.
    He loved camping with his family, puttering around in his shop building bird
houses, and having coffee with friends. He was a member of the Veterans of 
Foreign Wars post in Echo, where he served as the Chaplin.
    Preceded in death by his parents and three siblings, he is survived by his
wife Patricia, The Dalles; son Fred Coleman and his wife Robin, The Dalles; 
daughter, Francene Nash and her husband, Bob, Dallesport; stepchildren, 
Cheryl Oldman and her husband Sonny, Ocean City, Washington; and George 
Kendall and his wife Lisa, Las Vegas, Nevada; and Alvy Kendall, Anchorage, 
Alaska. Also surviving are a sister-in-law, three nieces, four nephews, 13 
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
    In accordance with his wishes there will be no public services; the family 
will observe private ceremonies of remembrance.
    Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon Veterans' Home, 
700 Veterans Drive, The Dalles, Oregon 97058.
    Arrangements were by Columbia Cremation & Burial.
 
 
The Dalles Chronicle   December 2, 2002.
 
 
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon
 
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