LEATTA COLEMAN BROCK
LEATTA MARIE BROCK OF STE. GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI ON DECEMBER 25, 1930. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND FLORENCE (KING) GOUGH. LEATTA DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI ON APRIL 25, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS.
LEATTA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ROY COLEMAN AND TO THIS UNION FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN. ROY PRECEDED LEATTA IN DEATH IN 1985. LEATTA WAS ALSO UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO CLAYTON BROCK ON FEBRUARY 3, 1996 IN DESLOGE, MISSOURI.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, CLAYTON BROCK OF STE. GENEVIEVE, MISSOURI, THREE SONS, STANLEY COLEMAN AND WIFE NANCY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, MICHAEL COLEMAN AND WIFE DORA JEAN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND RICHARD COLEMAN AND WIFE IRMA OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN AND SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO SISTERS, SHIRLEY DAVIS AND HUSBAND JIM OF CEDAR HILL, MISSOURI, PAT POLITTE AND HUSBAND DARRELL OF HIGH RIDGE, MISSOURI, ONE BROTHER, LARRY GOUGH AND WIFE SANDRA OF DESLOGE, MISSOURI, DAUGHTER-IN- LAW, CINDY HOLLINGSWORTH OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, SPECIAL NIECE, DEBBIE WOODS OF CEDAR HILL, MISSOURI, THREE ADOPTED CHILDREN, MIKE D. COLEMAN OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, DARLENE EYE OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AND JOHN COLEMAN OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ON SON, MARK "CHICO" COLEMAN, ONE SISTER, MARGARET CURRINGTON, THREE BROTHERS, WILLIAM GOUGH, GEORGE GOUGH AND BOBBY GOUGH.
LEATTA WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR HER EXCELLENT COOKING ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE FAMILY GATHERINGS. SHE ENJOYED FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDENING AND ALSO LIKED CAMPING AND FISHING.
LEATTA HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR ANIMALS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE ANIMALS THAT NEEDED A GOOD HOME. HER FAVORITE DOG WAS ANNIE AND HER FAVORITE CAT WAS EBONY. LEATTA WAS LOVED BY MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL MISS HER DEARLY.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2002 AND 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 2:00 PM ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME WITH REV. PAUL KEITH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE HOPEWELL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE MARK BOYER, DANNY COLEMAN, DENNIS COLEMAN, WAYNE COLEMAN, DAVID BRIAN GIPSON AND MIKE HILKER.