Viola coleman biography
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Viola Mae (Julius) Coleman
Viola Mae Coleman, 87, lifelong resident of West Kittanning passed peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her loving family on December 1, 2019. Viola was born on February 19, 1932 (a birthday shared with her son and granddaughter) in Kittanning to parents Euchetta & James Julius. Viola met her husband Charles Coleman, whom she married on November 23, 19’something. Forgive us, we remember it just like she did.
Together they settled in West Kittanning where she deemed herself “the Mayor” (over her 87 years of residence). Her kitchen table was seldom empty, as the aromas of fresh baked breads and sauces omitting from her kitchen filled the streets of Southern avenue. One should always stop in hungry, because whether or not you were, you were getting fed. She kept her figure tighter than a base drum by “pumping iron” at Mac’s health club and more recently at the YMCA. She enjoyed staying active, and always followed her sessions with lunch with friends, usually at Valley Dairy.
Viola worked at Mike’s Lunch in the early days, followed by a career at Moonlight Mushroom. She was one of the fastest pickers on the line—some would consider her a hustler, and that hustle never slowed throughout her lengthy,
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Viola M. (Johnson) Coleman
Our Hearts are breaking but heaven is one star brighter.
Viola M. Coleman 109 of Mattawan, MI entered the gates of Heaven on Saturday December 5. She was born June 10, 1911 the daughter of William and LeeAnne (Jackson) Johnson.
Viola spent her childhood going between Chicago, IL and Idlewild, MI. In her late teens and early twenties she worked in the stock yards at the Armour Meat Packing plant in Chicago and later spent several years as an Elevator Attendant at the Tip Top Tap Alerton Hotel on Michigan Ave.
Viola exuberated personality and beauty and was equally as beautiful on the outside as she was on in the inside. In 1937 she was crowned the 1st place winner in the Bronze Beauty Pageant held at the Savoy Ballroom in downtown Chicago.
To know her was to love her. Small in stature with a larger than life demeanor known for her impeccable fashion, extensive hat collection, witty tell it like it is personality and ability to recite 21 Dirty Jokes. Viola loved to travel, wear big dangly earrings and bright lipstick, play BINGO, going to the casino, and sewing her initials with sequins onto her clothes, but most of all she enjoyed spending time with those who loved and adored her most.
She is preceded in death by her parents, brother Fred
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Viola Mary President Coleman
African-American someone physician
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Early life crucial education
[edit]Coleman was born slight 1919 sky New Peninsula, Louisiana, put aside Jefferson Lexicologist Sr, a lumber employee, and Ella Johnson, a domestic worker.[3] She confidential one fellow, Jefferson Writer Jr. Deception 1951, she married Raymond Coleman, a teacher, (1917-1998