Person:Edward Coleman (15)

Edward Dean Coleman, Perry IA
Edward Coleman, son of Lester Coleman and Ruby Wessel Coleman was born July 31, 1936 in Adair County, Iowa and died December 29, 2008 at his home at the age of 72 years. Ed spent his childhood in the Coon Rapids, Audubon, McClelland and Greenfield areas. On April 25, 1959 Ed was united in marriage to the love of his life, Darlene Anderson in Greenfield, Iowa. To this union, four children were born, Ed, Cindy, Brian and Tim. Ed retired in 2003 after serving 38 years in the meatpacking industry for Oscar Mayer, IBP and Tyson. He especially enjoyed coffee with friends, trips to the Black Hills and working on his acreage. He was a devoted father and husband. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Gary Lee. Ed is survived by his wife, Darlene, sons, Ed Coleman (Peggy) of Perry, Brian Coleman (Karin) of Creston and Tim Coleman (Kristin) of Altoona; daughter, Cindy Wilson of Carroll; eight grandchildren one great-grandchild; brothers, Larry Coleman (Janet) of Omaha NE, and Darrell Coleman (Cindy) of Cadiz, Ky; sisters, Frances Kent (Dean) of Iowa Falls, IA, Kathy Lambert (Barry) of Woodward, IA, Marilyn Fjeld (Don) of Lake Ciy, IA, and Patricia Snell (Steve) of Greenfield, IA. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 2009 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Visitation will be after 9 a.m. Friday, January 2, 2009 at the funeral home with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

1.   The Beaver Dedication, in Excerpts from The Guthrian, Guthrie Center, Iowa
   p. 3, 15 Jul 1880.

   The Beaver Dedication: Back about 1851 the Coleman family emigrating from Indiana to find homes in this then far west ended their journey westward in this county. {Jackson} The next year they selected lands in the then unbroken wild of the Beaver valley and began industriously the work of turning that fertile vale into fruitful fields. The Miller and Mains families, and others soon came out and settled near them and soon there was quite a little settlement along that stream. The professing portion of that migration brought their religion with them and soon organized a little church of those folding fast to the faith of "the Church of God." The war came on and stopped emigration, but the little band met in the plain school house by the creek and additions from time to time were made to its numbers. As the war closed the C.R.I. & P.R.R. was built a few south of that locality and gave a fresh impetus to the settlement of that part of the county, and farms and families soon multiplied among the hills bounding the valley of Beaver. School houses of fine capacity for their proper purpose were built but these soon would not accommodate the growing congregations of the Beaver Society. Sometime ago that society determined on the building of a church, a site was selected on the Guthrie road on the farm of J. M. Coleman, a good frame building 24 x 36, to be placed on a good stone foundation and to be constructed and nearly furnished was planned. {reprinted in Vol. 21, January 1999 newsletter of the Guthrie County Genealogical Society., page 1 & 2.}