COLEMAN
Glen Coleman, 76, of Van Wert, died at 6:55 a.m. Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center.
He was born December 24, 1932, in Pikeville, Ky., the son of the late John C. and Elsie (Blackburn) Coleman. He married Sharon J. (Thomas) Coleman, who survives in Van Wert.
Other survivors include two children, Tim (Joyce) Coleman of Van Wert and Barbara (Dan) Shell of Canton; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren (with one on the way).
A brother, Guy Coleman, also preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 19, at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory in Van Wert, with the Rev. Nesselroad, Rev. Paul Miller and John Shell officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Ohio City.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday, December 18, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials: Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center or Community Health Professionals/Visiting Nurses Association.
Messages of sympathy may be sent to the family at agfhc@embarqmail.com.
JEROME
Byron Max Jerome, 90, of Dayton, died at 2 a.m. Wednesday, December 16, 2009, at Kettering Medical Center in Dayton.
He was born November 13, 1919, in Van Wert, the son of the late Perry M. and Princess L. (Snyder) Jerome. On August 2, 1941, he married Dolores (Rice) Jerome, who survives in Van Wert.
Other survivors include a son, Jeff Jerome of Northampton, Mass.; one daughter, Joyce (Terry) Gressner of Kettering; a sister, Janet E. Chadwick of East Liverpool; two grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Five brothers, Kenneth P. Jerome, Kenton C. Jerome, Forest Martin Jerome, Donald E. Jerome and Chalice M. Jerome; and four sisters, Jessie Jerome, Geraldine Denig, Vivian Anderson and Miriam Agler, also preceded him in death.
No funeral services are planned.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, December 19, at Cowan & Son Funeral Home in Van Wert, with burial to follow in Goodwin Cemetery in York Township.
Messages of sympathy may be sent to the family at cowanfh@yahoo.com.