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 1927 - 2019 (92 years)
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| Name |
Laurie Bruce Coles |
| Birth |
11 Sep 1927 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| FindaGrave ID |
204295637 |
| Military Service |
US Marine Corps - Lieutenant Colonel |
| Death |
29 Oct 2019 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
- Laurie Bruce "Mike" Coles passed away on October 29, 2019 in Salt Lake City.
Mike was born September 11, 1927 in Salt Lake City to Lorenzo Joseph Coles and Julia Johnson Coles. He was raised in the Avenues, attending Ensign Elementary School, Bryant Jr. High School, and West High School, where he graduated in 1945. He joined the United States Navy at age seventeen during World War II and served one year. After the War ended, he returned home and was called on an LDS mission to Sweden from 1947 to 1949.
He married Mary Lou Hansen on March 10, 1950 in the Salt Lake Temple, and together they had four children. Mike was recalled into the military service during the Korean War in 1950 in the United States Marine Corps. He served on active duty for three years, spending twelve months in Korea. He then joined the Marine Corps Reserves and served for twenty-three years, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Mike was an electrical contractor. He later owned and operated Graphics West, printing numerous local and national newspapers. Mike could fix, repair, and build anything and everything and he taught his four children the value of hard work.
Mike loved the youth. He served as Scout Master for twenty-five years. He was an Eagle Scout and later in his scouting career, he received the Silver Beaver Award for lifetime scouting achievements. He loved the outdoors, backpacking, hunting, fishing, and boating with family and special friends on the Utah Lake and Lake Powell.
Mike was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He and his wife served as volunteer workers for twelve years in the Salt Lake Temple. More than anything, he loved his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Mike is survived by his wife of seventy years, Mary Lou; children, Michael (Marn), Scott (Pam), Laurie Stevens (Scott), and Michelle Webster (Robb); fourteen grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents; granddaughter, Kristen Coles; five brothers; and three sisters.
Funeral services will be held in his honor at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 2, 2019 in the Hilltop Ward, 589 East 18th Avenue (900 North). A viewing will be held the preceding night (Friday, November 1, 2019) from 6:00-8:00 at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple Street (00 South). You may also visit with the family prior to the services at the church on Saturday from 10:00-10:45 a.m.
Interment at Wasatch Lawn.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from October 30 to October 31, 2019.
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| Burial |
Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
Address:
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
| Person ID |
I91288 |
Lasbury Family |
| Last Modified |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
Lorenzo Joseph Coles
b. 18 Nov 1888, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
d. 2 Aug 1952, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 63 years) |
| Mother |
Gerda Julianna Jansson
b. 9 Jul 1889, Knutley, Upsola San, Sweden
d. 15 Oct 1944, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Sep 1909 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
| Family ID |
F12114 |
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 | Birth - 11 Sep 1927 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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| Death - 29 Oct 2019 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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 | Burial - Address:
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA - - Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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