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Galon Coats

   Galon Ralph Coats, 90, passed away Monday, May 16, 2005. The early days of WWI were uncer-tain times for many, but Dec. 1, 1914 was the beginning of a long, peaceful life for Galon Coats.

   He was born the son of Joseph and Clara (Rockey) Coats in Arthur Township, Clare County, Michigan, where he lived his entire life. He married Ida Grace Sanders on April 3, 1937. He spent his days farming in Arthur Township. The good days were spent fishing or hunting. Good and bad days alike were shared by his loving wife Grace. April 3 marked the 68th anniversary of their wedding day, and was celebrated by a gathering of friends and family from around the Midwest. He had been a member of the Clare County Farm Bureau and the Arthur Center Church of God.

   He is survived by his wife, Ida; his children, Gary Coats, Patricia (William) Zinser, Helen (Thomas) Koehn, Doris (Gilbert) Badger and Gayla (John) Shaffer; 11 grandchildren and 20 Great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents; one brother, Harley Coats; and two sisters, Donna Wisner and Gretchen Gruno.

   Services will take place at Arthur Center Church of God on Friday, May 20 at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the Arthur Township Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-5 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. Memorials may be made to Arthur Center Church of God, or to the charity of the donor’s choice. Arrangements were handled by the Stephenson- Wyman Funeral Home, Inc. of Clare. Please sign the Coats family’s on-line guest book at www.stephensonwyman.com.

   Mr. Coats’ life was well identified with a prayer that hung on his dining room wall: “God grant that I may live to fish, until my dying day, and when it comes to my last cast, I then most humbly pray, that in the Lord’s great landing net, and peacefully asleep, that in His mercy, I be judged big enough to keep!”.

 
 
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05/16/2005
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05/18/2005
Gladwin County Record, Gladwin, MI
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September 2009
Bob Frei
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