Floyd A. Coller, 86, a retired Judge of Wood County Common Pleas Court and a former Wood County Prosecutor, died August 1, 1984 in the Wood County Nursing Home.
Floyd Coller was appointed Common Pleas Court Judge in December, 1958, by Governor C. William O'Neill to fill a vacancy. He was elected judge of the court in 1962 and remained in this position until 1974 when he retired.
During his years on the bench he was described by his colleagues and attorneys as "tough but fair." He was further characterized by his violent dislike of any form of gambling.
After retiring he was appointed by jusctices of the Ohio Supreme Court as a visiting judge in rural counties and later in the Court of Appeals in Toledo and Cinncinnati.
He was elected in 1935 to the first of five terms as Wood County Prosecutor.
He was a teacher and coach at Lodi, Wellington, and Niles Schools before receiving a law degree from Ohio State in 1930.
He was elected to two terms as Bowling Green Solicitor beginning in 1931.
He was a past president of the Wood County Bar Association and the Kiwanis Club, of which he was a past president and district governor, and was a Mason.
In 1977 he was named Bowling Green's Outstanding Man of the Year. He was a hospital corps veteran of World War I.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the American Legion.
Surviving is a daughter, Carol. His wife Goldia preceded him in death.
Services were held in the Dunn Mortuary, Bowling Green and internment was in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green.
Floyd Coller was appointed Common Pleas Court Judge in December, 1958, by Governor C. William O'Neill to fill a vacancy. He was elected judge of the court in 1962 and remained in this position until 1974 when he retired.
During his years on the bench he was described by his colleagues and attorneys as "tough but fair." He was further characterized by his violent dislike of any form of gambling.
After retiring he was appointed by jusctices of the Ohio Supreme Court as a visiting judge in rural counties and later in the Court of Appeals in Toledo and Cinncinnati.
He was elected in 1935 to the first of five terms as Wood County Prosecutor.
He was a teacher and coach at Lodi, Wellington, and Niles Schools before receiving a law degree from Ohio State in 1930.
He was elected to two terms as Bowling Green Solicitor beginning in 1931.
He was a past president of the Wood County Bar Association and the Kiwanis Club, of which he was a past president and district governor, and was a Mason.
In 1977 he was named Bowling Green's Outstanding Man of the Year. He was a hospital corps veteran of World War I.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the American Legion.
Surviving is a daughter, Carol. His wife Goldia preceded him in death.
Services were held in the Dunn Mortuary, Bowling Green and internment was in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green.
Floyd A. Coller, 86, a retired Judge of Wood County Common Pleas Court and a former Wood County Prosecutor, died August 1, 1984 in the Wood County Nursing Home.
Floyd Coller was appointed Common Pleas Court Judge in December, 1958, by Governor C. William O'Neill to fill a vacancy. He was elected judge of the court in 1962 and remained in this position until 1974 when he retired.
During his years on the bench he was described by his colleagues and attorneys as "tough but fair." He was further characterized by his violent dislike of any form of gambling.
After retiring he was appointed by jusctices of the Ohio Supreme Court as a visiting judge in rural counties and later in the Court of Appeals in Toledo and Cinncinnati.
He was elected in 1935 to the first of five terms as Wood County Prosecutor.
He was a teacher and coach at Lodi, Wellington, and Niles Schools before receiving a law degree from Ohio State in 1930.
He was elected to two terms as Bowling Green Solicitor beginning in 1931.
He was a past president of the Wood County Bar Association and the Kiwanis Club, of which he was a past president and district governor, and was a Mason.
In 1977 he was named Bowling Green's Outstanding Man of the Year. He was a hospital corps veteran of World War I.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the American Legion.
Surviving is a daughter, Carol. His wife Goldia preceded him in death.
Services were held in the Dunn Mortuary, Bowling Green and internment was in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green.
Floyd Coller was appointed Common Pleas Court Judge in December, 1958, by Governor C. William O'Neill to fill a vacancy. He was elected judge of the court in 1962 and remained in this position until 1974 when he retired.
During his years on the bench he was described by his colleagues and attorneys as "tough but fair." He was further characterized by his violent dislike of any form of gambling.
After retiring he was appointed by jusctices of the Ohio Supreme Court as a visiting judge in rural counties and later in the Court of Appeals in Toledo and Cinncinnati.
He was elected in 1935 to the first of five terms as Wood County Prosecutor.
He was a teacher and coach at Lodi, Wellington, and Niles Schools before receiving a law degree from Ohio State in 1930.
He was elected to two terms as Bowling Green Solicitor beginning in 1931.
He was a past president of the Wood County Bar Association and the Kiwanis Club, of which he was a past president and district governor, and was a Mason.
In 1977 he was named Bowling Green's Outstanding Man of the Year. He was a hospital corps veteran of World War I.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the American Legion.
Surviving is a daughter, Carol. His wife Goldia preceded him in death.
Services were held in the Dunn Mortuary, Bowling Green and internment was in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green.
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