Debra Coleman 1957-2017
Debra Lynn Coleman, 59, Denison, died Thursday, March 30, 2017, at her home.
She was born Dec. 5, 1957, in Topeka, the daughter of Hugh and Mary McBee Russell. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1975 and received her LPN degree from Kaw Valley School of Nursing in Topeka.
Mrs. Coleman had recently worked at Developmental Services of Jackson County in Holton. She had owned and operated Maid Masters, a commercial cleaning business in Holton, and had worked as an LPN at Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. She had worked as an EMT for Bloom Ambulance in Holton.
She had been a Troop Leader for Brownie Girl Scouts at Denison.
She married Richard A. Coleman on Sept. 2, 1977, at Holton. He survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Jennie Coleman and Jackie Coleman, and a son, Jeff Coleman, all of Denison; a brother, John Russell, Topeka; a stepbrother, Jimmie Streeter, Fort Scott; a sister, Kelly Russell, Netawaka; a stepsister, Debbie Ann Streeter, Topeka; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Hugh Russell; her stepfather, Glenn Streeter; her mother, Mary Streeter; and two brothers, Tony Russell and Virgil Streeter.
Celebration of life services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 8 at the Kendall State Bank Community Hall in Valley Falls. Inurnment will be held in Denison Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls.
Memorial contributions may be made to Jackson County Friends of Hospice, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 6, Valley Falls, KS 66088.
