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Submitted: 12/20/22 • Approved: 12/20/22 • Last Updated: 12/23/22 • R552031-G552030-S3
Dorothy H. Soldwedel Coates
March 11, 1926-February 28, 2003
*Photo, courtesy M. Bishop
*Obituary
She was born March 11, 1926, in Pekin, Ill. She was the daughter of Thelma Elsie Nixon Soldwedel and Paul Soldwedel.
She was a resident of Big Spring from 1952 until 1980 when she moved to San Angelo. She moved to Washington, Pa., in September of 2002.
She was a homemaker.
She and her husband, W. Dub Coates farmed in Howard County for 23 years. In addition to cotton farming, they also had caged hens, and Mrs. Coates sold eggs to area grocery stores.
She was later employed at Hall-Bennett Memorial Hospital and the Big Spring State Hospital.
She was a member of the Congregational Church.
She is survived by one son, Dub Coates of Austin; five daughters, Donna Gannaway of Big Spring, Peggy Lee and her husband, Ray, of Coahoma, Debbie Livolsi of Washington, Pa., Barbara Jones and her husband, Dennis, of Tacoma, Wash., and Patricia Winkler and her husband, Ronnie, of San Angelo; one brother, Don Soldwedel of Tucson, Ariz.; 13 grandchildren, Jay, Greg and Ryan Gannaway, Brandy, Maegan and Kelly Janea Lee, Sean Livolsi, Niki Fields, Carly and Cassandra Jones, and Rea and Brooks Wrinkle, Rachael Winkler; four great-grandchildren, Tori and Joseph Livolsi, Isabella Fields and Sailor Lee; and four nephews and one niece.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Kelly Marie Jones.
Pallbearers will be Jay Gannaway, Greg Gannaway, Ryan Gannaway, Rea Wrinkle, Brooks Wrinkle and Wendell Shive. Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Bob Coates, Daryle Coates, Roger Coates and Joe Soldwedel.
The family suggests memorials to Make a Wish Hawaii, P. O. Box 1877, Honolulu, HI, 96805 or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 2121, Big Spring, TX 79721.
Arrangements by Myers and Smith Funeral Home, Big Spring. Obituary by Myers and Smith Funeral Home.
Contributed on 12/20/22 by neldapat
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