Obituary - Mount Pulaski Times-News, 15 June 1961 HARLEY SAUL COATS, LAKE FORK NATIVE, DIED SATURDAY Harley Saul Coats, a native of Lake Fork, Ill., died at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 10, 1961, in the Macon County T. B. Sanitarium, Decatur, Ill. He had been a patient there about seven years. He was aged 64 years. Decedent was born Jan. 31, 1897 near Lake Fork, Ill., a son of Charles and Lydia Manley Coats. He spent his early life in his home community, lived in Springfield many years, and for a few years was manager of the Western Hotel in Lincoln. After his health began to fail, he went to Decatur to the sanitarium. He was a member of the First Methodist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Mary Frances Sutton, Lake Fork; Mrs. Barbara Huffman and Mrs. Phyllis Majors of Decatur; two brothers, James and Charles Coats, of Lake Fork; and four grandchildren. The body was removed from the sanitarium to the Schahl Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski where funeral services were held Tuesday, June 13, at 10:30 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Edward Tesh, pastor of the Lake Fork Christian Church. One hymn, "The Lord's Prayer", was sung by Paul R. Moore, with organ accompaniment by Mrs. J. H. Stuart, Mount Pulaski. Interment was made in the Carlyle Cemetery, four miles west of Mount Pulaski. Pallbearers were: Lowillis Handlin, Ralph Cherry, Louis French, Milton French, Darrell Neal, and Robert Schahl, all of Lake Fork.