COLE, Marie

Today News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ >>> Published on Thursday, September 8, 2016 <<< >>> Sept. 27, 1935 - July 4, 2016 <<< Marie passed away peacefully after a hard-fought battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born in Greenville, Tenn. and grew up in Elwood, Ind. with five siblings. She met Jay Cole while still in high school, they were married March 14, 1954, living in Van Buren, Ind. She had two sons and worked for RCA for 13 years. They moved to Orange, Calif. in 1968 until retiring and moving to Lake Havasu City permanently in 2000. While in Orange she worked as a beautician for a short while, raised her sons and worked for 20 years as a mailroom manager for RIC Insurance. She was an excellent seamstress and avid rock hound. She enjoyed camping, traveling and Los Angeles baseball. She never met a stranger, and always put her family first which meant rarely missing her children or grandchildren playing sports. She did countless volunteer hours as a member of the Searcher Gem and Mineral Society (25 years), the Insurance Women of Orange County (15 years) and the Desert Hills Fire Department Auxiliary. She is preceded in death by her mother Maude, her brothers Bode, Dee and Floyd and sister Madeline. She is survived by Jay her husband of 62 years, sons Dan (Sue) and John, grandchildren Tim (Melissa), Dan (Lisa) and Carly, great- grandchildren Kendall, Kayliegh, Vivian and Adam all from Lake Havasu City. Also her brother Luther, sister-in-Law Melba, brother and sister-in-law Roger and Janet, 18 nieces and nephews. The Cole family would like to thank Hospice of Havasu and Lake View Memory Care for their kindness and support. There will be a family reunion and celebration of life in October. Arrangements were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home & Crematory. Thoughts and condolences may be sent to Marie’s family at www.lietz- frazefuneralhome.com.