LOUDONVILLE -- Adrian "Bud" Coates, 87, Loudonville, entered into eternal life with Christ Jesus on Oct. 5, 2012, at Wooster Community Hospital. Mark 16:16.
Bud was born Aug. 25, 1925, in Canton, the oldest of five children to Adrian R. and Vera (Nouse) Coates. He was a 1943 graduate of Canton Timken Vocational High School and served 21 months as an Aviation Cadet with the U.S. Army Air Force until the conclusion of World War II. He attended the University of Cincinnati and moved to Holmes County in 1947, where he ran a farm and ultimately married Naomi Megee on Jan. 18, 1947. He was employed with The Flxible Company of Loudonville from 1959 until his retirement in 1989. He moved to Loudonville in 1962, where he made his home until the time of his death.
Bud was a member of Ashland Christian Church and was previously active with the Nashville Church of Christ as well as the Loudonville Church of Christ, serving as an Elder and Sunday School teacher. He was also on the Board of Trustees at Round Lake Christian Assembly, serving as secretary from 1975-1989. Bud very much enjoyed spending time with his family. His greatest hobby was golf, and for several years he ran his own business of building and repairing clubs.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Naomi (Megee) Coates; a daughter and sons-in-law, Karen and Charles Burd of Ligonier, Pa., and Elmer Kline of Loudonville; five grandchildren, Robin (John) Grace, Traci (David) Burd-Hover, Chuck (Jodie) Burd, Jennifer Kline and Amanda (Ryan) Lininger; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Evelyn (Dick) Bair and one brother, Glenn Coates, both of Canton. In addition to his parents, Bud was preceded in death by his daughter, Cynthia Kline, on Sept. 10, 2012, and two brothers, Ken and Don Coates.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, in Byerly-Lindsey Funeral Home, Loudonville, with his son-in-law and grandson, Charles Burd and Chuck Burd, officiating. Burial will follow in Loudonville Cemetery. Friends may call on Tuesday, 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., in the funeral home. Online condolences may be left for the Coates family by visiting www.Byerly-Lindsey.com.
Bud was born Aug. 25, 1925, in Canton, the oldest of five children to Adrian R. and Vera (Nouse) Coates. He was a 1943 graduate of Canton Timken Vocational High School and served 21 months as an Aviation Cadet with the U.S. Army Air Force until the conclusion of World War II. He attended the University of Cincinnati and moved to Holmes County in 1947, where he ran a farm and ultimately married Naomi Megee on Jan. 18, 1947. He was employed with The Flxible Company of Loudonville from 1959 until his retirement in 1989. He moved to Loudonville in 1962, where he made his home until the time of his death.
Bud was a member of Ashland Christian Church and was previously active with the Nashville Church of Christ as well as the Loudonville Church of Christ, serving as an Elder and Sunday School teacher. He was also on the Board of Trustees at Round Lake Christian Assembly, serving as secretary from 1975-1989. Bud very much enjoyed spending time with his family. His greatest hobby was golf, and for several years he ran his own business of building and repairing clubs.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Naomi (Megee) Coates; a daughter and sons-in-law, Karen and Charles Burd of Ligonier, Pa., and Elmer Kline of Loudonville; five grandchildren, Robin (John) Grace, Traci (David) Burd-Hover, Chuck (Jodie) Burd, Jennifer Kline and Amanda (Ryan) Lininger; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Evelyn (Dick) Bair and one brother, Glenn Coates, both of Canton. In addition to his parents, Bud was preceded in death by his daughter, Cynthia Kline, on Sept. 10, 2012, and two brothers, Ken and Don Coates.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, in Byerly-Lindsey Funeral Home, Loudonville, with his son-in-law and grandson, Charles Burd and Chuck Burd, officiating. Burial will follow in Loudonville Cemetery. Friends may call on Tuesday, 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., in the funeral home. Online condolences may be left for the Coates family by visiting www.Byerly-Lindsey.com.
LOUDONVILLE -- Adrian "Bud" Coates, 87, Loudonville, entered into eternal life with Christ Jesus on Oct. 5, 2012, at Wooster Community Hospital. Mark 16:16.
Bud was born Aug. 25, 1925, in Canton, the oldest of five children to Adrian R. and Vera (Nouse) Coates. He was a 1943 graduate of Canton Timken Vocational High School and served 21 months as an Aviation Cadet with the U.S. Army Air Force until the conclusion of World War II. He attended the University of Cincinnati and moved to Holmes County in 1947, where he ran a farm and ultimately married Naomi Megee on Jan. 18, 1947. He was employed with The Flxible Company of Loudonville from 1959 until his retirement in 1989. He moved to Loudonville in 1962, where he made his home until the time of his death.
Bud was a member of Ashland Christian Church and was previously active with the Nashville Church of Christ as well as the Loudonville Church of Christ, serving as an Elder and Sunday School teacher. He was also on the Board of Trustees at Round Lake Christian Assembly, serving as secretary from 1975-1989. Bud very much enjoyed spending time with his family. His greatest hobby was golf, and for several years he ran his own business of building and repairing clubs.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Naomi (Megee) Coates; a daughter and sons-in-law, Karen and Charles Burd of Ligonier, Pa., and Elmer Kline of Loudonville; five grandchildren, Robin (John) Grace, Traci (David) Burd-Hover, Chuck (Jodie) Burd, Jennifer Kline and Amanda (Ryan) Lininger; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Evelyn (Dick) Bair and one brother, Glenn Coates, both of Canton. In addition to his parents, Bud was preceded in death by his daughter, Cynthia Kline, on Sept. 10, 2012, and two brothers, Ken and Don Coates.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, in Byerly-Lindsey Funeral Home, Loudonville, with his son-in-law and grandson, Charles Burd and Chuck Burd, officiating. Burial will follow in Loudonville Cemetery. Friends may call on Tuesday, 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., in the funeral home. Online condolences may be left for the Coates family by visiting www.Byerly-Lindsey.com.
Bud was born Aug. 25, 1925, in Canton, the oldest of five children to Adrian R. and Vera (Nouse) Coates. He was a 1943 graduate of Canton Timken Vocational High School and served 21 months as an Aviation Cadet with the U.S. Army Air Force until the conclusion of World War II. He attended the University of Cincinnati and moved to Holmes County in 1947, where he ran a farm and ultimately married Naomi Megee on Jan. 18, 1947. He was employed with The Flxible Company of Loudonville from 1959 until his retirement in 1989. He moved to Loudonville in 1962, where he made his home until the time of his death.
Bud was a member of Ashland Christian Church and was previously active with the Nashville Church of Christ as well as the Loudonville Church of Christ, serving as an Elder and Sunday School teacher. He was also on the Board of Trustees at Round Lake Christian Assembly, serving as secretary from 1975-1989. Bud very much enjoyed spending time with his family. His greatest hobby was golf, and for several years he ran his own business of building and repairing clubs.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Naomi (Megee) Coates; a daughter and sons-in-law, Karen and Charles Burd of Ligonier, Pa., and Elmer Kline of Loudonville; five grandchildren, Robin (John) Grace, Traci (David) Burd-Hover, Chuck (Jodie) Burd, Jennifer Kline and Amanda (Ryan) Lininger; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Evelyn (Dick) Bair and one brother, Glenn Coates, both of Canton. In addition to his parents, Bud was preceded in death by his daughter, Cynthia Kline, on Sept. 10, 2012, and two brothers, Ken and Don Coates.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, in Byerly-Lindsey Funeral Home, Loudonville, with his son-in-law and grandson, Charles Burd and Chuck Burd, officiating. Burial will follow in Loudonville Cemetery. Friends may call on Tuesday, 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., in the funeral home. Online condolences may be left for the Coates family by visiting www.Byerly-Lindsey.com.
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