Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, January 30, 1994 TAG: 9401310127
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: D-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: TROUTVILLE LENGTH: Short
OBIT COONS, DAN L. SR.
COONS, Dan L. Sr., 73, of Troutville, passed away Saturday, January 29,
1994, to be with the Lord. He was an active member of Preston Oaks Baptist
Church and was an Army veteran of World War II. Surviving are his wife, Ruth
M. Coons; children, Dan L. Coons Jr., New Jersey, Jose and Susan Mercado,
Goodview; Don and Mary Coons, Troutville; Phil and Janice Duffy, New Jersey;
four granddaughters; three grandsons; brothers, M. L. Coons Jr., James B.
Coons both of Texas; sisters, Marzelle Pemberton, Richmond, Jimmie Nelle
Pennington, Texas. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be
made to The American Cancer Society. Funeral services will be conducted 11:30
a.m. Tuesday at Oakey's North Chapel by the Rev. James R. Millsaps. Interment
will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends
from 2 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Oakey's North Chapel.
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