Edith Ann Coleman

Edith Ann Coleman

Edith Coleman Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 9, 2008.
EDITH ANN COLEMAN , 65, of Old Forge, passed away Monday, January 7, 2008, at Mercy Hospital, Scranton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Thomas Coleman Sr., who died March 10, 1993. Born in Old Forge, on August 12, 1942, Edith was a daughter of the late Wayne Vernon and Verna Belles Gray. She is survived by sons Kevin Patrick Coleman and wife Ellen, Scranton, and Robert Thomas Coleman Jr., Old Forge; sister Melva Brown, Swoyersville; brothers Glenn, Brian, and Joseph Gray, all Old Forge, Howard Gray, of Susquehanna, and Sidney Gray, Duryea; grandchildren.
Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday from the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home, 517 N. Main St., Old Forge, with services by the Rev. David O’Brien, pastor, Moosic Assembly of God Church. Interment will be in Marcy Cemetery, Duryea. Viewing hours will be on Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.

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