Jean Newhall Coleman; Camarillo Homemaker
Jean Newhall Coleman, a Camarillo homemaker, died Friday at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura. She was 78.
Born Dec. 22, 1916, in Brooklyn, N.Y., she grew up on Long Island and graduated from Milton Academy in Milton, Mass., in 1934. For 25 years, she traveled worldwide with her husband, the late Capt. Walter Dan Coleman of the U.S. Navy.
Mrs. Coleman moved to Ventura County four years ago from Tequesta, Fla.
Her family described her as a talented artist and bridge player who also excelled at needlework and gourmet cooking.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Dan and Gayle Coleman of Camarillo; grandchildren Christy and Scott Coleman, and brother George Willetts of Pennsylvania.
She will be cremated and her ashes scattered off the coast of Jupiter, Fla.
Arrangements are being handled by Pierce Brothers Griffin Mortuary of Camarillo.
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