Florence B. Coleman
July 28, 1898-Oct. 7, 1968
Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 7, 1968, page 14, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
BUCHANAN--Mrs. Florence B. Coleman, 70, of 425 Fulton St., died at 1:30 a.m. today in Buchanan Community Hospital. She had been ill for a year.
Mrs. Coleman was born July 28, 1898 in Bangor, Mich. She moved to Buchanan from Niles 40 years ago.
Mrs. Coleman is survived by her husband, Ora: one son, George Curtis of California; one daughter, Mrs. Betty Rupert, Germany; one brother, Fred Curtis of Niles; three sisters, Mrs. Lila Makepeace and Mrs. Elizabeth Coon, both of Niles and Mrs. Ila Chestine of Allegan; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m Wednesday in the Pifer Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Cunningham of the First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home after 7 p.m today.