Jennie Helen Sherretts Coleman

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Jennie H. Coleman
Jennie Helen Coleman, 75, Rossville, died Friday, March 8, 1996, at Meadowbrook Manor, Topeka.
She was born May 9, 1920, at Dover, the daughter of George R., Sr., and Helen R. Vance Sherretts. She moved to Rossville in Octo¬ber 1945.
Mrs. Coleman worked at Boeing Aircraft for two years dur¬ing World War II and at the Rossville Hardware. She was a charter member and first president of the Auxiliary to Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Le¬gion at Rossville. She was a member of Loyal Chapter No. 176, Or¬der of the Eastern Star, and 8 and 40 of Topeka. She attended the Rossville United Methodist Church.
She was married to Albert Coleman December 11, 1942, in Topeka. He died March 6, 1982. She was also preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Dale Coleman, on August 31, 1989, and a sister, Mildred Westbrook, on June 13, 1991.
Surviving her are two sisters, Leota A. Westbrook, Norcross, Ga., and Nola M. Ellis, Topeka; and five brothers, George R. Sherretts, Jr., Auburn, Floyd J. Sherretts, Liberal, Earnest R. Sherretts, Louis R. Sherretts, and Harlan D. Sherretts, all of Topeka.
The family received friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at Parker- Price Mortuary in Topeka. Her fu¬neral service was at 10:00 Tuesday (this morning) at the funeral home. Burial was in the Rossville Cem¬etery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Community Library or the Rossville United Methodist Church.

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