Verna M. Coles, 81, of Friedensburg, died Sunday at her home following a lengthy illness. Born in Mount Carmel, she was a daughter of David and Della Lafferty Daub.
She was active with the Salvation Army and held many local officers' commissions at Salvation Army Corps at Shamokin, Mount Carmel, Darby, Philadelphia and Pottsville. She was most active as the missionary treasurer/secretary, setting a record for the amount of funds raised at the Philadelphia Corps. She was also supervisor of 21 Salvation Army Thrift Stores in the Philadelphia area. She retired in 1972. She was a member of the Pottsville Salvation Army Corps, its Home League and Senior Soldier, and a 65-year member of the Salvation Army Corps.
The youngest of 12 children, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Surviving are her husband of 65 years, William R.; three sons, Col. Robert N., who is national public relations director for American Rescue Workers, Hagerstown, Md., William R., doctor of cosmetology, Philadelphia, and Maj. Charles H., development/public relations director at Cincinnati, Ohio, Salvation Army Corps Divisional Headquarters; a daughter, Maj. Emily Foreman, New York City, head of professional women's residents; 20 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; grandnieces and grandnephews.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday from Salvation Army Corps, Pottsville. Col. Robert N. Coles, Maj. Charles H. Coles, and Maj. Emily Foreman, her children, and Maj. Wade Watson will officiate. Interment will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven. Lord Funeral Home, Pottsville, is in charge of arrangements. – obituary
She was active with the Salvation Army and held many local officers' commissions at Salvation Army Corps at Shamokin, Mount Carmel, Darby, Philadelphia and Pottsville. She was most active as the missionary treasurer/secretary, setting a record for the amount of funds raised at the Philadelphia Corps. She was also supervisor of 21 Salvation Army Thrift Stores in the Philadelphia area. She retired in 1972. She was a member of the Pottsville Salvation Army Corps, its Home League and Senior Soldier, and a 65-year member of the Salvation Army Corps.
The youngest of 12 children, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Surviving are her husband of 65 years, William R.; three sons, Col. Robert N., who is national public relations director for American Rescue Workers, Hagerstown, Md., William R., doctor of cosmetology, Philadelphia, and Maj. Charles H., development/public relations director at Cincinnati, Ohio, Salvation Army Corps Divisional Headquarters; a daughter, Maj. Emily Foreman, New York City, head of professional women's residents; 20 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; grandnieces and grandnephews.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday from Salvation Army Corps, Pottsville. Col. Robert N. Coles, Maj. Charles H. Coles, and Maj. Emily Foreman, her children, and Maj. Wade Watson will officiate. Interment will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven. Lord Funeral Home, Pottsville, is in charge of arrangements. – obituary
Verna M. Coles, 81, of Friedensburg, died Sunday at her home following a lengthy illness. Born in Mount Carmel, she was a daughter of David and Della Lafferty Daub.
She was active with the Salvation Army and held many local officers' commissions at Salvation Army Corps at Shamokin, Mount Carmel, Darby, Philadelphia and Pottsville. She was most active as the missionary treasurer/secretary, setting a record for the amount of funds raised at the Philadelphia Corps. She was also supervisor of 21 Salvation Army Thrift Stores in the Philadelphia area. She retired in 1972. She was a member of the Pottsville Salvation Army Corps, its Home League and Senior Soldier, and a 65-year member of the Salvation Army Corps.
The youngest of 12 children, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Surviving are her husband of 65 years, William R.; three sons, Col. Robert N., who is national public relations director for American Rescue Workers, Hagerstown, Md., William R., doctor of cosmetology, Philadelphia, and Maj. Charles H., development/public relations director at Cincinnati, Ohio, Salvation Army Corps Divisional Headquarters; a daughter, Maj. Emily Foreman, New York City, head of professional women's residents; 20 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; grandnieces and grandnephews.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday from Salvation Army Corps, Pottsville. Col. Robert N. Coles, Maj. Charles H. Coles, and Maj. Emily Foreman, her children, and Maj. Wade Watson will officiate. Interment will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven. Lord Funeral Home, Pottsville, is in charge of arrangements. – obituary
She was active with the Salvation Army and held many local officers' commissions at Salvation Army Corps at Shamokin, Mount Carmel, Darby, Philadelphia and Pottsville. She was most active as the missionary treasurer/secretary, setting a record for the amount of funds raised at the Philadelphia Corps. She was also supervisor of 21 Salvation Army Thrift Stores in the Philadelphia area. She retired in 1972. She was a member of the Pottsville Salvation Army Corps, its Home League and Senior Soldier, and a 65-year member of the Salvation Army Corps.
The youngest of 12 children, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Surviving are her husband of 65 years, William R.; three sons, Col. Robert N., who is national public relations director for American Rescue Workers, Hagerstown, Md., William R., doctor of cosmetology, Philadelphia, and Maj. Charles H., development/public relations director at Cincinnati, Ohio, Salvation Army Corps Divisional Headquarters; a daughter, Maj. Emily Foreman, New York City, head of professional women's residents; 20 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; grandnieces and grandnephews.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday from Salvation Army Corps, Pottsville. Col. Robert N. Coles, Maj. Charles H. Coles, and Maj. Emily Foreman, her children, and Maj. Wade Watson will officiate. Interment will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven. Lord Funeral Home, Pottsville, is in charge of arrangements. – obituary
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