Julie Anne Coman

Julie Anne Coman MONTGOMERY, Texas Julie Anne Coman, 66, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, at Conroe Regional Medical Center in Conroe, Texas. Julie was born Dec. 4, 1943, in Amesbury, to Armand and Julie Anne Houle. She graduated from Amesbury High School in 1962. She attended college at the University of Massachusetts, where she met and married John F. Coman. They made their first home in West Springfield, Mass.; then Southington, Conn., and eventually moving to Plano, Texas; Thousand Oaks, Calif.; El Paso, Texas; and finally settling in Montgomery, Texas. Julie was an accomplished artist and photographer, a fierce competitor, a peerless wit, and was without question the original earth mother. She was a force of nature, not to be trifled with, never to be forgotten. Her husband said her epitaph will be, "She was never boring." She is survived by her husband of over 44 years, John; brother, Raymond Houle of Amesbury; son, John Coman of Houston, Texas; son, Peter Coman of Dallas, Texas; daughter, Jennifer Coman of Montgomery, Texas; daughter, Heather Coman of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; son-in-law, Douglas Sturrock of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and four grandsons. Memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, at St. Mary Church, in Plantersville, Texas. Donations may be sent to St. Mary Church in memory of Julie A. Coman. P.O. Box 388, Plantersville, TX 77363 (936) 894-2223.