Charles L "Chuck" Coleman
Marriages
Margaret "Jimmi" Coleman - October 19, 1947
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 8A Death Notice - December 4, 2013
Charles L. Coleman, 87, Grand Junction, died Dec. 1, 2013, at
Grand Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Grand Junction Memorial
Gardens.
Mr. Coleman was a clerk with the telephone company.
Survivors include one son, Louis of Grand Junction; one daughter,
Connie of Grand Junction; three grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions to Grand Junction Veterans Affairs
Medical Center (CLC Unit), 2121 North Ave., Grand Junction 81501,
or HopeWest & Hospice, 3090B N. 12th St., Grand Junction 81506.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 4D Obituary - December 5, 2013
Born in Philadelphia, MO to Irvin and Audra Coleman, Chuck
was the youngest of five children. He spent his childhood years and
attended school in Grand Junction. At the age of 17, he enlisted in
the Navy and spent the duration of WWII in the Philippine Islands
as part of the Sea Bees.
He returned to Grand Junction after the war and married the
love of his life, Margaret “Jimmi” Coleman. They wed at the First
Babtist Church in Grand Junction on October 19, 1947. Together
they purchased land in Grand Junction and built their home from
the ground up, where they lived happily together for 60 years.
Dad enjoyed fishing, wood working and fixing things around his
home and for his family. Chuck worked for Mountain Bell Phone
Company for 32 years as an assignment processer before retiring
in 1985.
He was a loving and caring husband and father whom we will
greatly miss.
He is survived by his son, Louis and daughter, Connie both of
Grand Junction. He was the loving grandfather of Isaac (Erin) of
Denver, CO; Tyrone of Grand Junction, and Kyler of Overland
Park, KS, and three great-grandchildren, Violet, Thayer, and Orrin
of Grand Junction.
Graveside services will be held at Memorial Gardens at 11:00 a.m.
on Saturday, December 7, where friends and family are invited to
celebrate his life.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grand
Junction Veterans (CLC Unit) 2121 North Ave., Grand Junction,
81501 or HopeWest Hospice, 3090B N. 12th St., Grand Junction,
81506.
