Submitted by: Dan Rich

Joan Coleman

Aug. 3, 1928 - Jan. 27, 1995

South Bend Tribune 1/28/1995

GRANGER - Joan Coleman, 66, of Gumwood Road, died at 9:47 a.m. Friday in Meridian Nursing Center-Cardinal, South Bend, of natural causes. Mrs. Coleman retired from GMAC of South Bend in 1988 after 32 years service. She was born Aug. 3, 1928, in Heron, Ill.

On Aug. 1, 1959, in Mishawaka, as Joan Campbell, she married Hershel Coleman. He survives with a daughter, Connie J. Gage of South Bend; two sons, Edward L. Hoke of Bradenton, Fla., and Dennis L. Hoke of Elkhart; a stepdaughter, Suzanne C. Matthys of South Bend; three stepsons, Donald R. of Lakeville, James R. of Bremen and Thomas D. of South Bend; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; her mother, Lillith Campbell of South Bend; and two brothers, Tommie G. Campbell of Granger and Michael Campbell of South Bend. She was a member of Caledonia Kilty Band.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main St., Mishawaka. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County Inc.