COLUMBUS, Ohio • Grace M. Coleman, age 81, formerly of Spring Glen, died Dec. 13 at Wesley Glen Retirement Facility, Columbus, Ohio. She was born Oct. 27, 1938, in Hunter Station, a daughter of the late Castor and Emma Troutman Peifer. She was a 1956 graduate of the former Trevorton High School. She was a seamstress in area garment factories prior to her retirement. She was a member of Pine Creek United Methodist Church, Spring Glen, where she was an adult Sunday school teacher; a board member of the Tyler Stiely Fund; a former board member of Tri-Valley Charities; a member of the former Circuit Riders Singing Group; and a volunteer at the Gilley Senior Center, Columbus, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ned Coleman; a daughter, Darlene Stiely; a grandson; a sister, Helen McKee; and a brother, Merlin Peifer. She is survived by a son, Richard “Ric” Coleman of Columbus, Ohio; a granddaughter; a brother, Paul Peifer of Bloomsburg; four sisters: Jayne Erdman and Rieta Domkochik, both of West Cameron, Marjie Peifer of Coal Twp., and Carlene Taylor of Illinois; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held Saturday, Dec. 28 at 11 am. at Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Mark’s Cemetery, Spring Glen. Contributions may be made to Pine Creek United Methodist Church, c/o Norman Lettich, 428 Fearnot Rd., Sacramento, PA 17968. To sign the online guest book, visit buffingtonreed.com
