OBITUARY: Joan (Chisholm) Cole, 1932-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa



                             Joan Chisholm Cole

Funeral services for Joan Chisholm Cole, 72, of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, and
formerly of the Osage, Iowa area, were held Monday, March 7, 2005, at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church in Osage, with Rev. Mark Reasoner officiating. Burial
was in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Osage.

Joan died Friday March 4, 2005, at the Unity Hospital in Fridley, Minnesota,
following complications from surgery for cancer.

Joan was born December 23, 1932, in Osage, Iowa, the daughter of Daniel and
Rose (Weinberger) Chisholm. She attended schools in Mitchell and graduated
from Mitchell High School. She lived in Mason City and Manly before moving
to the Coon Rapids, Minnesota area.

Joan was first united in marriage to George Froning and then to Bob Cole,
both of which preceded her in death.  She had worked at Kurt Manufacturing
in Coon Rapids and later made her home with her sister Kay Sloan and
husband Del.  Joan and Kay both worked for Covenant Home Services, dealing
with Foster care.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; two infant children,
Douglas and Debra Froning; two sisters, Mercedes Bredehoft and Kay Sloan;
and two brothers, Robert and James Chisholm.

She is survived by three brothers, Leo Chisholm (Elsie) of Osage, Lawrence
Chisholm (Shari) of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and Daniel Chisholm (Cathy)
of Mason City; a brother-in-law, Delbert Sloan of Coon Rapids, Minn.; two
sisters-in-law, Inge Chisholm of Severna Park, Maryland., and Barbara
Halladay of Osage; an uncle and aunt, Lawrence and Dolores Weinberger of
Osage; and several nieces and nephews.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage was in charge of arrangements.



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    www.mcpress.com -- Posted March 8, 2005