Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon
Harry E. Coleman, 79, Wallowa, died Friday at Wallowa Memorial Hospital of natural causes. He was born February 4, 1897 at Hauser, Idaho, a son of George and Carrie Coleman.
He moved to Wallowa when he was nine with his family. Educated in Wallowa, he was a rural mail carrier for 36 years before he retired.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, Wallowa; Kruse American Legion Post No. 72, Wallowa, and was a veteran of World War I.
On March 9, 1921, he married Pearl McGinnis at Enterprise.
Survivors include his wife,Wallowa; a daughter, Mrs. R.L. (Geraldine) Melton, Toledo, Ore.; a son, Jack Coleman, Wallowa; a sister, Mrs. Herman (Grace) Plass, Pendleton; a brother, George Coleman, Ontario, Ore., and five grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Wallowa Methodist Church with Robert E. Hefty officiating. Organist was June-Marie Wyckoff. A duet was sung by Chris Wyckoff and June-Marie, “How Great Thou Art”, and a solo by June-Marie, “Lords Prayer”.
Casket bearers were: Thorston Shell, Bill Dougherty, Don Schaeffer, Bob Evens, Wayne Johnson, Bob Chrisman, Thomas McGinnis and Grant Sasser. Vault internment was in the Wallowa cemetery.
Those who wish may contribute to the Wallowa Methodist Church Memorial Fund, care of Bollman Funeral Home in Enterprise.
Source: Wallowa County Chieftain, October 7, 1976, Page 10
Contributed by: Sue Wells