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OBITUARY: Shirley Coleman

Shirley McCabe Coleman, 85, the widow of former Newtown first selectman Edward

Coleman, died October 15 at her home in Stuart, Fla.

Mrs Coleman was born in Meadsville, Penn., and had been a resident of Stuart

for 21 years, moving there from Newtown. Mr Coleman, who also had been a state

representative while he and his wife lived on Hanover Road in Newtown, died 17

years ago.

Mrs Coleman was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Stuart and

had been a member of the Newtown Congregational Church.

She was a volunteer for Martin Memorial Medical Center in Stuart and for Good

Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach.

Survivors include two daughters, Ann Coleman of Stuart, Fla., and Kathe

Coleman Hodgson of California, and two grandchildren, Jennifer and David

Hodgson of California.

A graveside ceremony will be held on Saturday, October 18, at 3:30 pm, in

Newtown Village Cemetery with the Rev Steve Gordon of Newtown Congregational

Church officiating.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Aycock Funeral Home, Stuart,

and the Honan Funeral Home, Newtown.

The Newtown Bee October 17, 1997