Adney Coleman 1865-1940

COLEMAN, RALSTON, GORDON, MILLER

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Date: 10/8/2020 at 14:15:38

13 June 1940 - The Anamosa Journal

OLIN--Funeral service was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Stuart Funeral home in Olin for Adney Allen Coleman, 75, who died Saturday evening at his home there.

Rev. W. T. Boston, pastor of the United Brethren church, conducted the rites. Burial was made in the Olin cemetery.

Mr. Coleman was born near Olin March 26, 1865, the son of Adney and Sarah Coleman. He received his education at the little red schoolhouse southeast of Olin. On Dec. 24, 1888 he was married to Clare Bell Ralston. Their entire married life was spent on the farm, where Mrs. Coleman died in September, 1911.

Mr. Coleman had been a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist church since 1891. Surviving him are adopted son, Paul B. Coleman, Chicago, Ill.; a twin brother, Lee Coleman, Stanwood; two sisters, Mrs. Ida B. Gordon, Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. Howard Miller, Olin. Several nieces and nephews also survive.