This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COLEMAN, GILLIAM, STINEKRAUS, PRATHER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/4147 Message Board Post: Francis Paul Coleman, "Kittle" as he was known to all, of Mineral Point, departed this life Sunday, November 20, 2005 at the Washington County Memorial Hospital. He was born October 21, 1934 in Mineral Point, a son of the late Fred Jacob and Anna Marie (Gilliam) Coleman. On February 11, 1954 he was united in marriage to Dorothy May Stinekraus at Stony Point, Missouri and to this union two children were born. They enjoyed over fifty years of marriage together. Kittle was a loving and devoted husband and father. Dorothy preceded him in death on December 20, 2004. In addition to his wife and parents, Kittle was preceded in death by four brothers; John Ade, Donald, Frank and Carl David Coleman, and a sister Katherine Prather. Those who remain to mourn the passing of his life are a son, Pete Coleman and wife Patsy of Bonne Terre; a daughter, Betty Coleman of Chillicothe, MO; a brother, Stanley Coleman of Potosi; brother-in-law Perry Prather of Mineral Point; sister-in-law, Carl Coleman of Mineral Point; nieces; nephews, cousins and many other relatives and friends who will sadly miss him. Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at the Britton Chapel, Potosi, with Father Ted Pieper officiating. Serving as pallbearers were: Jim Coleman, Jimmy Coleman, Davy Coleman, Rick Coleman, Russell Coleman and Stacy Juliette. Interment and final prayers were held at Calvary Cemetery, Potosi. All arrangements were entrusted to the care of the Britton Funeral Home of Potosi. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, December 1, 2005