Coleman, Slater D.

S. D. (Slater) Coleman
Dec. 28, 1866-March 8, 1938


    S.D. Coleman, Sr., 71, an employe of the French Paper company for the last 41 years, died suddenly at 6 o'clock this morning at his home, 337 South Third street. Death was caused by a heart attack.
    Apparently in good health, Mr. Coleman worked his regular shift Monday night  He became ill after he arrived home.
    Frank G. French, president of the paper company, expressed deep regret today in the passing of the veteran employe.  "As night superintendent, he was most efficient in the discharge of his duties," Mrs. French said, "and was highly regarded by the other employes."
    Mr. Coleman was born in Elkhart, Ind., Dec. 28 1866.  He moved to Niles from Kalamazoo in 1897 to enter the employe of the French Paper company.
    Besides his widow, Mary, whom he married in Kalamazoo in 1895, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. M.E. Collmer, Chicago, and Mrs. V.N. Meeker, Niles; two sons, Slater D. Coleman, Jr., and Paul R. Coleman, Niles; one sister, Mrs. Margaret Bachman, Niles, and two brothers, Joseph Coleman, Grand Rapids, and Fred Coleman, Kalamazoo; also five grandchildren.
    Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but friends may call at the Rutherford funeral home.

(Source: Niles Daily Star, Tues. March 8, 1938, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library)