Folwell W. Coan 1895-1946

COAN, CARPENTER, LAMB, RENDALL, SMITH

Posted By: Michael J. Kearney (email)
Date: 12/31/2002 at 10:23:21

The Clinton Herald Thursday April 25, 1946 p. 14 Folwell W. Coan, 51, son of the late William Folwell Coan, Clinton banker and capitalist, died suddenly of a heart attack last night in Medford, Ore., Clinton friends were advised today. Mr. Coan, whose home was in Minneapolis, Minn., was in the lumber business. He was attending to business on the West coast at the time of his death. Mrs. Coan, the former Olivia Carpenter, of Minneapolis, and a granddaughter of the late Lafayette Lamb of Clinton, had accompanied her husband to the coast, but had returned home for Easter. Besides the widow, Mr. Coan is survived by two sisters, Mrs. H.J. Rendall and Mrs. F.L. Smith, both of Morrison, Ill., and three children, Gene, Olivia and Patricia. Mr. Coan's father was closely identified with banking interests here for many years and was cashier of the Clinton National bank until his death. Mrs. Rendall said today that plans for her brother's funeral are not completed but tentatively have been set for Tuesday in Minneapolis.