Marian Coleman

MARIAN COLEMAN
MARIAN FRANCES COLEMAN OF LONEDELL, MO WAS BORN AT KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE ON APRIL 30, 1918. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE RAYMOND AND ANNA (CROSS) FITZPATRICK. MARIAN DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT JEFFERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN FESTUS, MO ON JANUARY 2, 2001 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY TWO YEARS EIGHT MONTHS AND EIGHT DAYS.
MARIAN WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE EARL J. COLEMAN ON AUGUST 13, 1938 IN RICHWOODS, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION SEVEN CHILDREN WERE BORN.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE SONS; GARNEY COLEMAN AND WIFE MARY OF WASHINGTON, MISSOURI, TERRY COLEMAN OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, LINDELL COLEMAN AND WIFE LINDA OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; FOUR DAUGHTERS; BEVERLY FAIRLESS AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF LONEDELL, MISSOURI, GARNET RUTLEDGE AND HUSBAND JOHN OF SULLIVAN, MISSOURI, BRENDA SHOULTS AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF HIGH RIDGE, MISSOURI, AND YVONNE PROSSER AND HUSBAND JOHN OF FENTON, MISSOURI; ONE SISTER ALICE BAUMBERGER OF GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS; FOURTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER TWIN SISTER MAURINE COCHRANE
MARIAN WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE ST. STEPHENS CATHOLIC CHURCH, RICHWOODS EXTENSION CLUB, A DEN MOTHER FOR THE CUB SCOUTS AND ACTIVE MOTHER WITH THE 4-H. SHE ENJOYED DOLL COLLECTING, CROCHETING AND COLLECTING PLATES WITH THE STATES OF AMERICA ON THEM.
MARIAN WAS A LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, SISTER AND A CHERISHED FRIEND WHO WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL.
VISITATION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2001, FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M., ROSARY SERVICES WERE HELD WEDNESDAY EVENING BY FATHER ROBERT LISS AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CONDUCTED THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2001, AT 11:00 A.M. AT ST. STEPHENS CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER ROBERT LISS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ST. STEPHENS CEMETERY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, BRENT COLEMAN, HEATH RUTLEDGE, ERIC FAIRLESS, JOHNNY PROSSER, FRANK COLEMAN AND KEVIN COLEMAN.