Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Coburn, Frederic W., Jr. August 31, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 5, 2011
  Frederic W. Coburn Jr. 
  
  WYOMISSING Frederic Ward Coburn, Jr., 101, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 
  2011, of natural causes in The Highlands at Wyomissing, where he was a charter 
  member and resident for 21 years. He was predeceased on December 10, 1996, by 
  his wife of 61 years, Mary Louise (Mercer) Coburn. Born in Toledo, Ohio, on 
  June 3, 1910, he was the son of the late F. Ward and Edith (Cheney) Coburn. He 
  was a graduate of Mercersburg Academy class of 1928, and Yale University class 
  of 1932. Ward retired as chairman of the board of the C.K. Whitner Co., where 
  he was controller and treasurer. Following his retirement, he was an active 
  member of the Service Corps of Retired Executives and the International 
  Executive Service Corps. His civic activities included being a member of the 
  board of trustees of St. Joseph's Hospital, Reading, director and treasurer of 
  the YMCA and the Reading Chamber of Commerce, director and president of the 
  Independent Dry Goods Syndicate, director and president of the Credit Bureau 
  of Reading, a member of the Community Chest Board (United Way), director and 
  president of the Iris Club of Wyomissing, and president of the Guana Bay 
  Property Owners Association, St. Maarten, Netherland Antilles. He served in 
  the Navy during WWII, retiring as Lieutenant Commander. He is survived by two 
  daughters, Carolyn C., widow of Theodore C. Auman, III, of Wyomissing, and 
  Jocelyn C., wife of C. Walter Whitmoyer, Jr., of Myerstown. Also surviving are 
  five grandchildren, Theodore Ward Auman, spouse of Christine McGlinn Auman of 
  Wyomissing, Cynthia Auman King, spouse, of David W. King of New York, William 
  Bradford Whitmoyer, spouse of Daryl Alexandre Whitmoyer of Chagrin Falls, 
  Ohio, Thomas Coburn Whitmoyer, spouse of Jane Cresswell Whitmoyer of Coral 
  Gables, Fla., and Jocelyn Grafin von Arnim, spouse of Maximilian Graf von 
  Arnim, of London, United Kingdom. There are also surviving nine great-
  grandchildren, Theodore Ward Auman, Jr., Carter Terrence Auman, Margaret 
  Elizabeth Auman, Katherine Mercer Whitmoyer, Turner Alexandre Whitmoyer, 
  Saskia Coburn Whitmoyer, Nicholas Charles Whitmoyer, Eleanor Alexandra Ward 
  Grafin von Arnim, and Frederick Walter Graf von Arnim. Ward was predeceased by 
  siblings, Fordyce Coburn and Sally Coburn Taylor.  The Theo C. Auman Inc. 
  Funeral Home, Reading, is in charge of arrangements. 
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 5, 2011 
  
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