Loren M. Coleman

CDR. Loren M. Coleman TEMECULA -- CDR. Loren M. Coleman, was born in Staples, Minn., on December 5, 1933, and passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010. He was born and raised in Staples, Minn. He served 25 years in the US Navy with tours in Korea and Vietnam, including three tours aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. He was awarded multiple medals and commendations with six bronze stars. He became the first medical officer in US history to become "Officer of the Deck" underway. A mustang Commander, he enlisted in 1952 before retiring in 1977 as the Chief of Patient Affairs at the Naval Hospital on Camp Pendleton. He received his Master's Degree from George Washington University, and went on to become General Manager of Rancon Realty and was one of the planners and developers who pioneered what is now Temecula and Murrieta, including the California Oaks development. He was preceded by his mother and father, Marion and Dorothy Coleman; sisters, Janet Tower and Donna Coleman; and brother, Norman Coleman. He is survived by his wife, Sandy Coleman; brother, Donald Coleman; sister, Karen Demmon; children, James Coleman, Michelle Macedo, Loren Coleman, Jr., and Bruce Coleman; four step-children and 13 grandchildren. Services will be held on Saturday, October 9th, at 11 a.m. in the Naval Hospital Chapel on Camp Pendleton, Calif. Sign the Guest Book online obits.nctimes.com