Wasco-Multnomah-Clackamas County OR Archives Obituaries.....Sheridan, Mary Jane (Peters) Coats April 1, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, April 15, 2006
     Mary Jane (Peters) Coats Sheridan, 62, a longtime resident of Portland 
and former resident of The Dalles, died on April 1 at her daughter’s home in 
Portland after a two year battle with ovarian cancer.
     She was born Nov. 27, 1943 in Bremerton, Wash. to Richard E. and Edna 
(Wilson) Peters. The family moved to Portland and then to The Dalles during 
the construction of The Dalles Dam.
     She graduated from The Dalles High School and received a B.A. in English 
at Whitworth University in Spokane. She taught school in Tacoma and at David 
Douglas High in Portland.
     In Nov. of 1966 she married Dr. James Anthony Coats, DMD, of Lake Oswego, 
and they lived in Portland until his death in 1995.
     In 1996 she married Thomas R. Sheridan, Richland, Wash.; and in 1998 they 
moved to Long Island, N.Y. They moved back to Richland in 2005.
     She is survived by her brother, Edna Peters, The Dalles; two brothers, 
Richard and Paul, Auburn, Wash. and Troutdale, respectively; a sister, 
Patricia Estlund, Salem; daughter, Michelle Coats Vranizan and son, James 
Anthony Coats Jr., both of Portland; a stepdaughter, Shelly Sheridan, Gresham; 
and five grandchildren, Gus, Charlie and Joe Vranizan, and Mia and James Coats.
     She was preceded in death by her father, Richard Peters.
     A memorial service will be held April 18 at 2 p.m. at Sunset Presbyterian 
Church; 14996 NW Cornell Road, Portland, with Rev. Molly Teichert of 
Westchester, N.Y. officiating. A reception will follow at the Portland Golf 
Club, 5900 Scholls Ferry Road in Portland.
     Ashes are interred at Finley-Sunset Hills Cemetery at 6901 SW Sunset 
Highway. 
     Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to Oregon Health Sciences 
University (OHSU) Center for Women’s Health, Ovarian Cancer Fund, 3181 SW Sam 
Jackson Blvd., Portland, OR 97239. 


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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