Obituaries
April 3, 2019

Jimmie B. ‘Bozo’ Coulter II – Donora

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Jimmie B. “Bozo” Coulter II, 64, of Donora, died Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Monongahela-Valley Hospital. Born Aug. 26, 1954, in New Eagle, he was the son of the late Jimmie B. and Eleanor Minger Coulter. A graduate of Monongahela High School, Jimmie retired as a door machine operator from U.S. Steel, Clairton Works. He was a member of St. Damien of Molokai Parish in Monongahela and a member of their Knights of Columbus Council. Jimmie had been involved over the years with his sons’ youth baseball teams and he was a former member of the Ringgold School Board. Surviving are his wife, Chris Ann Cameron Coulter of New Eagle; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jimmie B. III and Caralee Coulter of Elizabeth and Shawn Coulter of Donora; a daughter and son-in-law, Shannon and Chris Rhome of Monessen; a brother, Michael and wife Cile Coulter of Ormand Beach, Fla.; three sisters, Michele and husband John Hesse of Patterson, Calf.; Sally Woods of Monongahela and Laurie Jo Coulter-Scanlon of Monongahela; five grandchildren, Antonio and Vincenzo Rhome and Peyton, Tyler and Emma Coulter; a daughter-in-law, Jocelyn Coulter of New Eagle; a brother-in-law, Paul Barnes; and his two loving dogs, Zippy and Duke. Preceding him in death was a son, Patrick Ryan Coulter, who died Sept. 4, 2015; a sister, Susan B. Coulter-Barnes, who died March 1, 2019; and a brother-in-law, John T. “Jack” Woods, who died Jan. 14, 2017. Friends will be received at the MARSHALL MARRA FUNERAL HOME, 216 Chess St., Monongahela, 724-258-6767, marshallmarrafuneralhome.com, from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday where a blessing service will be held 10 a.m. Monday, April 8, 2019, with Father Kevin Dominik officiating. Interment will follow in Monongahela Cemetery.

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