Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Coleman, William 1947
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Belding Banner-News, 25 Sep 1947

Death Comes Suddenly to Bill Coleman

Prominent Sportsman and Industrialist Stricken in Chicago

The entire community of Belding suffered a great loss Wednesday when William
Coleman, 58, of this city, was stricken with a heart attack while attending a
machinery show in Chicago with his business partner, Auburn VanSyoc, of the
Belding Tool and Machine Co.  The two had gone to Chicago by plane Tuesday.

A native of Shaddock Falls, Vt., Mr. Coleman had resided in this city for nearly
35 years.  He was an ardent sportsman, with hunting, fishing and flying among
his favorite pastimes.  He was a lieutenant colonel in the reserve, having
served as an artillery officer in World War I, and in the Philippine campaigns
prior to the first World war.  For some time he had been a partner with Mr.
VanSyoc and Carter Churchill in the Belding Tool and Machine Co. on S. Bridge
street.
Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Fales-Huffman Funeral Home are awaiting
the outcome of the Red Cross to contact his eldest son, Nathan, who is stationed
with the army at Nurenburg, Germany.  Mr. Huffman will meet the 9:45 train from
Chicago in Grand Rapids this evening which will bring the body from Chicago.

The prominent industrialist is survived by his widow, Pearl, five daughters,
Mrs. Delos Mills, Mrs. Wilford Shawley, Miss Lorraine Coleman, Miss Jeanette
Coleman and Miss Judy Coleman, all of this city; four sons, Nathan (Bud) in
Germany, and Kenneth, Richard and James, all at home; seven brothers and two
sisters, all residing in the east.


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