Delmar Dean Coleman, 76, of Oxnard, California, passed away on the morning of April 7, 2009 in Ventura, California following a lengthy illness.
He was born October 20, 1932 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Mary F. Hart and Arthur E. Coleman - the youngest of five brothers. He joined the U.S. Army in 1949, where he was an Army Drill Sergeant and Forward Observer in the 2nd Infantry, Battery C, 38th Field Artillery Battalion during the Korean War. After discharge, he obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Business and worked as an Accountant for Tidewater Oil - until he permanently relocated yo Southern California. There, he met Hannah Mae Williams, whom he married at the United Methodist Church in Saugus on July 2, 1965. Around that time, he had also entered law enforcement - first serving as a Corrections Officer, and then becoming a Deputy Sheriff for the County of Los Angeles. He was stationed in Altadena and Santa Clarita, where he and his family lived untill the 1990s. Del enjoyed boating, camping, visiting Las Vegas, spending time with his family, sharing war stories, discussing his Cherokee heritage, reminiscing about his youth, and thrilling his grandchildren with stories of exciting police chases.
Del is survived by his wife, Hannah Mae, daughter Brenda (Coleman) Whitener and her husband Wes Whitener, daughter Lisa (Coleman) Wright and her husband Robert Wright, son Kevin Coleman, grandchildren Tim Lindholm, Allison Cucolo, Christopher Wright, Tyler Coleman, Evan Williams, Sean Wright, Victoria Wright, Nicole Coleman, and Brooklyn Coleman (all who knew him as "Pop") - as well as great-grandchildren Candice Lindholm, Dustin Wright, and Landon Lindholm.
Services will be held at Eternal valley Memorial Park Mortuary in Newhall, California, on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 11:00 am
He will be dearly missed.
He was born October 20, 1932 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Mary F. Hart and Arthur E. Coleman - the youngest of five brothers. He joined the U.S. Army in 1949, where he was an Army Drill Sergeant and Forward Observer in the 2nd Infantry, Battery C, 38th Field Artillery Battalion during the Korean War. After discharge, he obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Business and worked as an Accountant for Tidewater Oil - until he permanently relocated yo Southern California. There, he met Hannah Mae Williams, whom he married at the United Methodist Church in Saugus on July 2, 1965. Around that time, he had also entered law enforcement - first serving as a Corrections Officer, and then becoming a Deputy Sheriff for the County of Los Angeles. He was stationed in Altadena and Santa Clarita, where he and his family lived untill the 1990s. Del enjoyed boating, camping, visiting Las Vegas, spending time with his family, sharing war stories, discussing his Cherokee heritage, reminiscing about his youth, and thrilling his grandchildren with stories of exciting police chases.
Del is survived by his wife, Hannah Mae, daughter Brenda (Coleman) Whitener and her husband Wes Whitener, daughter Lisa (Coleman) Wright and her husband Robert Wright, son Kevin Coleman, grandchildren Tim Lindholm, Allison Cucolo, Christopher Wright, Tyler Coleman, Evan Williams, Sean Wright, Victoria Wright, Nicole Coleman, and Brooklyn Coleman (all who knew him as "Pop") - as well as great-grandchildren Candice Lindholm, Dustin Wright, and Landon Lindholm.
Services will be held at Eternal valley Memorial Park Mortuary in Newhall, California, on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 11:00 am
He will be dearly missed.
Delmar Dean Coleman, 76, of Oxnard, California, passed away on the morning of April 7, 2009 in Ventura, California following a lengthy illness.
He was born October 20, 1932 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Mary F. Hart and Arthur E. Coleman - the youngest of five brothers. He joined the U.S. Army in 1949, where he was an Army Drill Sergeant and Forward Observer in the 2nd Infantry, Battery C, 38th Field Artillery Battalion during the Korean War. After discharge, he obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Business and worked as an Accountant for Tidewater Oil - until he permanently relocated yo Southern California. There, he met Hannah Mae Williams, whom he married at the United Methodist Church in Saugus on July 2, 1965. Around that time, he had also entered law enforcement - first serving as a Corrections Officer, and then becoming a Deputy Sheriff for the County of Los Angeles. He was stationed in Altadena and Santa Clarita, where he and his family lived untill the 1990s. Del enjoyed boating, camping, visiting Las Vegas, spending time with his family, sharing war stories, discussing his Cherokee heritage, reminiscing about his youth, and thrilling his grandchildren with stories of exciting police chases.
Del is survived by his wife, Hannah Mae, daughter Brenda (Coleman) Whitener and her husband Wes Whitener, daughter Lisa (Coleman) Wright and her husband Robert Wright, son Kevin Coleman, grandchildren Tim Lindholm, Allison Cucolo, Christopher Wright, Tyler Coleman, Evan Williams, Sean Wright, Victoria Wright, Nicole Coleman, and Brooklyn Coleman (all who knew him as "Pop") - as well as great-grandchildren Candice Lindholm, Dustin Wright, and Landon Lindholm.
Services will be held at Eternal valley Memorial Park Mortuary in Newhall, California, on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 11:00 am
He will be dearly missed.
He was born October 20, 1932 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Mary F. Hart and Arthur E. Coleman - the youngest of five brothers. He joined the U.S. Army in 1949, where he was an Army Drill Sergeant and Forward Observer in the 2nd Infantry, Battery C, 38th Field Artillery Battalion during the Korean War. After discharge, he obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Business and worked as an Accountant for Tidewater Oil - until he permanently relocated yo Southern California. There, he met Hannah Mae Williams, whom he married at the United Methodist Church in Saugus on July 2, 1965. Around that time, he had also entered law enforcement - first serving as a Corrections Officer, and then becoming a Deputy Sheriff for the County of Los Angeles. He was stationed in Altadena and Santa Clarita, where he and his family lived untill the 1990s. Del enjoyed boating, camping, visiting Las Vegas, spending time with his family, sharing war stories, discussing his Cherokee heritage, reminiscing about his youth, and thrilling his grandchildren with stories of exciting police chases.
Del is survived by his wife, Hannah Mae, daughter Brenda (Coleman) Whitener and her husband Wes Whitener, daughter Lisa (Coleman) Wright and her husband Robert Wright, son Kevin Coleman, grandchildren Tim Lindholm, Allison Cucolo, Christopher Wright, Tyler Coleman, Evan Williams, Sean Wright, Victoria Wright, Nicole Coleman, and Brooklyn Coleman (all who knew him as "Pop") - as well as great-grandchildren Candice Lindholm, Dustin Wright, and Landon Lindholm.
Services will be held at Eternal valley Memorial Park Mortuary in Newhall, California, on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 11:00 am
He will be dearly missed.
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Delmar Dean Coleman, US ARMY KOREA, Oct 20 1932 - Apr 7 2009, Beloved Husband Father And Grandfather
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