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Jennie Hellen Coleman
ROSSVILLE -- Jennie Helen Coleman, 75, Rossville, died Friday, March 8, 1996, at a Topeka nursing home.
Mrs. Coleman had worked at Rossville Hardware and during World War II she worked two years for Boeing Aircraft.
She was born May 9, 1920, at Dover, the daughter of Helen R. Vance and George R. Sherretts Sr. She had lived at Rossville since October 1945.
Mrs. Coleman was a charter member and the first president of the auxiliary to Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville. She also was a member of Loyal Chapter No. 176 of the Order of the Eastern Star and 8 and 40 of Topeka. She attended Rossville United Methodist Church.
She married Albert Coleman on Dec. 11, 1942, at Topeka. He died March 6, 1982. A son, Kenneth Dale Coleman, died Aug. 31, 1989.
Survivors include two sisters, Leota A Westbrook, Norcross, Ga., and Nola M. Ellis, Topeka; and five brothers, George R. Sheretts Jr., Auburn, Floyd J. Sherretts, Liberal, and Ernest R. Sherretts, Louis R. Sherretts and Harlan D. Sherretts, all of Topeka.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Parker-Price Mortuary at Topeka. Burial will be at the Rossville Cemetery. Mrs. Coleman will lie in state after 9 a.m. Monday at the mortuary where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made either to Rossville Community Library, 407 Main, Rossville, 66533, or to the Rossville United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 586, Rossville, 66533.

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