He was born Aug. 23, 1919, at Coldwater, the son of Edgar Jackson and Frances Folsom Carter Coles. He attended Anderson Creek rural School No. 106 and Freedom High School. A Coldwater resident since 1960, moving from Blackwell, Okla., he was a retired owner of Cole's Auto Body Shop.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church, Blackwell, Okla., and the Presbyterian Church and was a charter member of DC's Supper Club, both at Coldwater. He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II.
On Aug. 27, 1939, he married Margaret Kurth at Alva, Okla. She died April 22, 1988.
Survivors include: two daughters, Sherry Lynn Herrmann, Hutchinson, and Debra Lou Coles Schmidt, Coldwater; a brother, Eldon, Liberal; three sisters, Maxine Nixon, Freedom Okla., Betty Whittet, Albuquerque, N.M., and Virginia Reinke, Lake Geneva, Wis.; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Burial in Crown Hills Cemetery, Coldwater.
Hutchinson News
Monday, December 4, 1995
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He was born Aug. 23, 1919, at Coldwater, the son of Edgar Jackson and Frances Folsom Carter Coles. He attended Anderson Creek rural School No. 106 and Freedom High School. A Coldwater resident since 1960, moving from Blackwell, Okla., he was a retired owner of Cole's Auto Body Shop.
He was a member of the Lutheran Church, Blackwell, Okla., and the Presbyterian Church and was a charter member of DC's Supper Club, both at Coldwater. He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II.
On Aug. 27, 1939, he married Margaret Kurth at Alva, Okla. She died April 22, 1988.
Survivors include: two daughters, Sherry Lynn Herrmann, Hutchinson, and Debra Lou Coles Schmidt, Coldwater; a brother, Eldon, Liberal; three sisters, Maxine Nixon, Freedom Okla., Betty Whittet, Albuquerque, N.M., and Virginia Reinke, Lake Geneva, Wis.; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Burial in Crown Hills Cemetery, Coldwater.
Hutchinson News
Monday, December 4, 1995
Page 2
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