Vera Violet Coleman, 88, formerly of Pleasant Valley Road, Pine Grove, passed away March 9 at the McGraw Center for Caring, Jacksonville, Fla.
Born Feb. 15, 1928, in Fearnot, she was a daughter of the late Ivan and Edna Violet Miller Artz.
She was a 1946 graduate of Hubley Township High School, and worked as a seamstress for Summit Station Manufacturing, Pine Grove.
Vera was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Pine Grove, where she was president of the Good Will Class for many years and sang in the choir.
Her beautiful handiwork will always be remembered by her family in the quilts she made and lovingly gave to all her children and grandchildren. She was an avid reader. Even though she lived the last few years in Florida to be near her children, she was always a Pennsylvania girl and wanted to return to her roots.
Vera was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan R. Coleman, in 1997; two brothers, Elwood and Irvin Artz.
Surviving are a son, Stephen Coleman and his wife, Gloria, Deltona, Fla.; a daughter, Gail and her husband, James Backfisch, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother, Wayne Artz and his wife, Ruth, Spring Glen; nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home Inc., Pine Grove, with Dr. Ira Lydic officiating. There will be a viewing from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
Published in Republican & Herald on Mar. 16, 2016
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Born Feb. 15, 1928, in Fearnot, she was a daughter of the late Ivan and Edna Violet Miller Artz.
She was a 1946 graduate of Hubley Township High School, and worked as a seamstress for Summit Station Manufacturing, Pine Grove.
Vera was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Pine Grove, where she was president of the Good Will Class for many years and sang in the choir.
Her beautiful handiwork will always be remembered by her family in the quilts she made and lovingly gave to all her children and grandchildren. She was an avid reader. Even though she lived the last few years in Florida to be near her children, she was always a Pennsylvania girl and wanted to return to her roots.
Vera was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan R. Coleman, in 1997; two brothers, Elwood and Irvin Artz.
Surviving are a son, Stephen Coleman and his wife, Gloria, Deltona, Fla.; a daughter, Gail and her husband, James Backfisch, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother, Wayne Artz and his wife, Ruth, Spring Glen; nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home Inc., Pine Grove, with Dr. Ira Lydic officiating. There will be a viewing from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
Published in Republican & Herald on Mar. 16, 2016
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Vera Violet Coleman, 88, formerly of Pleasant Valley Road, Pine Grove, passed away March 9 at the McGraw Center for Caring, Jacksonville, Fla.
Born Feb. 15, 1928, in Fearnot, she was a daughter of the late Ivan and Edna Violet Miller Artz.
She was a 1946 graduate of Hubley Township High School, and worked as a seamstress for Summit Station Manufacturing, Pine Grove.
Vera was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Pine Grove, where she was president of the Good Will Class for many years and sang in the choir.
Her beautiful handiwork will always be remembered by her family in the quilts she made and lovingly gave to all her children and grandchildren. She was an avid reader. Even though she lived the last few years in Florida to be near her children, she was always a Pennsylvania girl and wanted to return to her roots.
Vera was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan R. Coleman, in 1997; two brothers, Elwood and Irvin Artz.
Surviving are a son, Stephen Coleman and his wife, Gloria, Deltona, Fla.; a daughter, Gail and her husband, James Backfisch, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother, Wayne Artz and his wife, Ruth, Spring Glen; nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home Inc., Pine Grove, with Dr. Ira Lydic officiating. There will be a viewing from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
Published in Republican & Herald on Mar. 16, 2016
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Born Feb. 15, 1928, in Fearnot, she was a daughter of the late Ivan and Edna Violet Miller Artz.
She was a 1946 graduate of Hubley Township High School, and worked as a seamstress for Summit Station Manufacturing, Pine Grove.
Vera was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Pine Grove, where she was president of the Good Will Class for many years and sang in the choir.
Her beautiful handiwork will always be remembered by her family in the quilts she made and lovingly gave to all her children and grandchildren. She was an avid reader. Even though she lived the last few years in Florida to be near her children, she was always a Pennsylvania girl and wanted to return to her roots.
Vera was preceded in death by her husband, Ivan R. Coleman, in 1997; two brothers, Elwood and Irvin Artz.
Surviving are a son, Stephen Coleman and his wife, Gloria, Deltona, Fla.; a daughter, Gail and her husband, James Backfisch, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother, Wayne Artz and his wife, Ruth, Spring Glen; nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home Inc., Pine Grove, with Dr. Ira Lydic officiating. There will be a viewing from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
Published in Republican & Herald on Mar. 16, 2016
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