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James Wirt Coulon

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James Wirt Coulon

Birth
Filbert, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death
27 Aug 1975 (aged 51)
Lynch, Harlan County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Brigham City, Box Elder County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.502512, Longitude: -112.010255
Plot
E-1-68-10W
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The Tribune-Press, Gouverneur, New York, September 3, 1975, Page 12.
James W. Coulon, 51, of 30 Church Street, Lynch, Ky., formerly of Antwerp, died at home Wednesday, August 27.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Beth C. Coulon; three daughters, and a son, Mark F. Coulon, at home. He is also survived by his father, Dr. Noel F. Coulon, Bluefield, West Va.; his sisters, Adele Coulon, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Joseph (Jane) Critcher, Prince George, Va.; and brothers, Philip S. Coulon, Gary, West Va.; and Henry B. Coulon, Orlando, Fla.
Born Feb. 19, 1924 in Filbert, W. Va., the son of Noel Francois and Helen Wohlfarth Coulon, he attended grade and high schools in Gary, W. Va. He completed undergraduate work at the School of Mines, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Va., in May 1950, after serving in the Army from February 1943 through February 1946. Army service included one year at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in the Army Specialized Training Program, followed by two campaigns in central Europe and occupational duty in Japan.
On June 22, 1950, he married the former Beth Christensen in Winchester, Va. In May 1974 he received a Master of Science degree from Clarkson College of Technology at Potsdam.
Mr. Coulon was employed with United States Steel Corporation, Gary, W. Va. (coal) as junior engineer, assistant engineer, mining engineer and senior engineer from May 1950 through Jan. 1957; United States Fuel Company, Hiawatha, Utah (coal) as mine planning engineer from February 1957 through July 1959; FMC Corporation, Green River, Wyoming (trona) as assistant to mine superintendent, face production supervisor, general mine foreman and assistant to the general mine superintendent from August 1959 through September 1964; Kermac Potash company, Hobbs, N.M., as general mine foreman from October 1964 through June 1967; and International Talc Company, Inc., as Assistant General Manager from July 1967 to 1969, and as General Manager from 1969 until the company's closing in May 1974. Prior to his death he was employed by United States Steel as District Industrial Engineer in Lynch.
He was a Registered Professional Engineer in West Va., Utah and New York.
The Tribune-Press, Gouverneur, New York, September 3, 1975, Page 12.
James W. Coulon, 51, of 30 Church Street, Lynch, Ky., formerly of Antwerp, died at home Wednesday, August 27.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Beth C. Coulon; three daughters, and a son, Mark F. Coulon, at home. He is also survived by his father, Dr. Noel F. Coulon, Bluefield, West Va.; his sisters, Adele Coulon, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Joseph (Jane) Critcher, Prince George, Va.; and brothers, Philip S. Coulon, Gary, West Va.; and Henry B. Coulon, Orlando, Fla.
Born Feb. 19, 1924 in Filbert, W. Va., the son of Noel Francois and Helen Wohlfarth Coulon, he attended grade and high schools in Gary, W. Va. He completed undergraduate work at the School of Mines, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Va., in May 1950, after serving in the Army from February 1943 through February 1946. Army service included one year at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in the Army Specialized Training Program, followed by two campaigns in central Europe and occupational duty in Japan.
On June 22, 1950, he married the former Beth Christensen in Winchester, Va. In May 1974 he received a Master of Science degree from Clarkson College of Technology at Potsdam.
Mr. Coulon was employed with United States Steel Corporation, Gary, W. Va. (coal) as junior engineer, assistant engineer, mining engineer and senior engineer from May 1950 through Jan. 1957; United States Fuel Company, Hiawatha, Utah (coal) as mine planning engineer from February 1957 through July 1959; FMC Corporation, Green River, Wyoming (trona) as assistant to mine superintendent, face production supervisor, general mine foreman and assistant to the general mine superintendent from August 1959 through September 1964; Kermac Potash company, Hobbs, N.M., as general mine foreman from October 1964 through June 1967; and International Talc Company, Inc., as Assistant General Manager from July 1967 to 1969, and as General Manager from 1969 until the company's closing in May 1974. Prior to his death he was employed by United States Steel as District Industrial Engineer in Lynch.
He was a Registered Professional Engineer in West Va., Utah and New York.


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