Coan, Richard Howard^[1]

1930 - 2015  (85 years)

• Name	Coan, Richard Howard  [2]
  Born	17 Jul 1930	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9EA765E9288F47B98574314A9536BB1155B9
  Died	11 Oct 2015	Fort Pierce, St Lucie, Florida, USA   [2]
  Buried	Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Fort Pierce, St Lucie, Florida, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I6362	My Family Tree | All Descendants of Hirsz Dunsky (I6345)
  Last Modified	31 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Coan, Dr. Bernard Barnett,   b. 12 Oct 1894, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 10 Apr 1966, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Dunsky, Jeanette,   b. 10 Feb 1893, Russia ,   d. 5 Nov 1975, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	7 Jun 1922	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F1632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lipkin, Adriane Joyce
  Children	+ 1. Coan, Craig Stuart + 2. Coan, Brian James
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F1636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	James, Martha
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F2049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Richard Howard Coan, 85, of Fort Pierce, FL, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015, at Treasure Coast Hospice in Fort Pierce, FL. He was born July 17, 1930 in Boston, MA to Bernard Coan and Jeanette Dunsky Coan. He grew up in Boston and Brookline, MA and graduated from Brookline High School and later received degrees in chemistry and pharmacy from Northeastern University. He moved to Miami after receiving his pharmacy degree and was a pharmacist for 50 years in both South Florida and the Treasure Coast, where he resided for the past 35 years. He was a tireless volunteer and was a lifetime member of the Masons, Shriners and Loyal Order of the Moose. He also volunteered at Port St. Lucie Medical Center and was a long-time volunteer of the Florida Master Gardener Program. He is survived by his wife, Martha Stevens Coan, his sons Craig and his wife Amy, of Highland Park, IL and Brian and his wife Ellen, of Orlando, FL, his stepson Michael James, of Fort Pierce, FL, his grandchildren, Zachary, Brandon, Samuel, Tessa, Lanie and Natalie, his step-grandchildren Nicole Wilson Tipton and her husband Robert and John Wilson, Jr. and his wife Jynnifer of Fort Pierce, FL, and his step great-grandchildren, Robert Boland, Presley Tipton and Sydney Wilson. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Herbert and his sister Phyllis Coan Farmelant, and stepdaughter Patricia James Wilson. Richard was a sweet and generous man, a loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, uncle and friend, and will be greatly missed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Original Import into Legacy. [S326] FindAGrave.com. [S183] PeopleFinder. [S264] U.S. Public Records Index, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007). [S713] masachusetts births, LDS. [S140] Boston Jewish Advocate Index (JewishGen) (Reliability: 3). 6/15/1922 [S334] Boston Jewish Advocate.