Age 108, peacefully passed away in her sleep Thursday, June 17th, 2021, at home on the North Side. She was just 1 ½ months shy of her 109th birthday.
She continued a long family tradition of female old-age survivors. Her mother Sara Green, died at 93; her sister Nina Bey at 97, and her grandmother, Bina Webb, who was born a slave, lived to be 103.
She was the wife of the late Jesse E Coleman, Sr whom she met and married in Uniontown, PA where she grew up and went to school.
She is survived by a son, David Coleman of Pittsburgh, and daughter Teresa Coleman Clark of Palmdale CA, six grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse, Sr and son Jesse, Jr.
Visitation will be July 8th, from 2 – 6pm at the Robinson Funeral Home, 2025 Perrysville Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15214. Funeral services will be held on July 9th at 11:00 am at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Northside, 616 North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Interment to follow at the Highwood Cemetery.
Instead of flowers, Mrs. Coleman had requested donations be made to her favorite charity, the St Joseph’s Indian School, 1301 N Main St, Chamberlain SD 57325, (800) 341-2235.
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