Coleman, Lottie I. 1904 - 1990

COLEMAN, BEACH, TAYLOR

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/24/2010 at 16:08:26

Lottie I. Coleman, 85, Akron, died Thursday, March 29, 1990, at the Akron Care Center after a long illness.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Church of Christ in Akron. Pasort Susan Miller of the First Christian church, Sioux City officiated. Soloist, Gary Tucker, sang "Beyond the Sunset" and "No More Night", accompanied by Carol Harris, organist.

Pallbearers were Dennis Fletcher, Bob Nordgren, Jeff Nordgren, Cam Fletcher, Mark Nordgren, and Jason Nordgren. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery in Akron, under the direction of Schroeder Funeral Home, Akron.

The former Lottie I. Beach was born July 8, 1904, in Union county, S.D., the daughter of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Taylor Beach. She married Mark Coleman April 5, 1922. The couple moved to Sioux City in 1942. She was a seamstress for the JC Penny Co., for many years. Mr. Coleman died May 5, 1945. She returned to Akron in August 1988.

Mrs. Coleman was a member of First Christian Church in Sioux City and Esther group and sewing circle of the church.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Darcy (Joy) Fletcher of Akron and Mrs. Robert (Jerrine) Nordgren of Sioux City; four grandsons and ten great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Leo, John and George; two sisters, Bertha and Viva; a half-sister, Anna Harkness and a half-brother, Andrew Tillotson.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, April 5, 1990
Akron, Iowa