COATES, Loyal Burnet c1924-2009

COATES, WARYE, BENNETT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/6/2009 at 09:39:09

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Coates, Loyal Burnet

NORA SPRINGS, IOWA - Loyal Burnet Coates, 84, died Wednesday (March 4, 2009) at the Nora Springs Care Center, Nora Springs, Floyd county, Iowa.

A memorial service will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday March 7, 2009, at the Nora Springs United Methodist Church, 202 N. Hawkeye Ave., Nora Springs, with the Rev. Jim Turner officiating and family friend Hue Whitesell sharing reflections. Inurnment will be in Rock Grove Cemetery, Nora Springs, with military honors conducted by members for the American Legion H.D.S. Post 449.

Visitation will be held from 5 until 7 p.m. today, March 6, 2009, at the Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye Ave., Nora Springs.
Memorials may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa.

Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 641-749-2210. www.colonialchapels.com

[Published in the Mason City Globe Gazette -- 3/6/2009]

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NORA SPRINGS, IOWA - Loyal Burnet Coates, 84, died Wednesday (March 4, 2009) at the Nora Springs Care Center.

A memorial service will be held 1:30 p.m. today, Saturday, March 7, at the Nora Springs United Methodist Church, 202 N. Hawkeye Ave., Nora Springs, with the Rev. Jim Turner officiating and family friend, Hugh Whitesell, sharing reflections. Inurnment will be in Rock Grove Cemetery, Nora Springs. Visitation was held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 6, at Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 114 N. Hawkeye Ave., Nora Springs. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of North Iowa.

Loyal Burnet Coates was born Aug. 31, 1924, in Nashua, the son of Loyal Dale and Myrtle B. (Bennett) Coates. He graduated from Nashua High School in the class of 1942. Loyal served in the Navy during World War II as a radioman gunner in torpedo planes flying off the USS Bunker Hill in the South Pacific. He was honorably discharged Dec. 11, 1945.

Loyal was united in marriage to Dorothy Warye on Dec. 16, 1944. In 1946, he started working at the Nora Springs Creamery and Locker, later becoming owner and operator. After selling the creamery in 1966, he worked as a surveyor for the Department of Transportation; retiring in 1986.

Loyal loved woodworking, crafting gemstone jewelry and stone artwork, taking care of the "woods" and spending time with his family and friends. He also served on the Rock Grove Cemetery Board.

Loyal is survived by his wife, Dorothy Coates, of Nora Springs; and children, Kim (Pat) Coates of Elkhart, Ind., and Kathy (Dewey) Koch of Nora Springs; grandchildren, Aaron (Kimberly) Coates, Ryan (Kate) Coates, Brian (Tricia) Koch and Heather (Ben) Hucka; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Marlys Graham of Surrey, British Columbia, and Marilyn Myall of Thousand Oaks, Calif., along with many nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Loyal is preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and one brother.

Sheckler Colonial Chapel, 641-749-2210 - www.colonialchapels.com

[Published in the Globe Gazette - 3/7/2009]

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