Charles Coghlan
| Date of Interment or Death | 01/20/1978 |
|---|---|
| Location | Old Fairview |
| Section | B |
| Block-Lot-Grave | 16-2-1 |
Obituary
Former mayor, Daily News columnist, Charles Coghlan, dies here at 69
Services for Charles J. Coghlan, 69, former Wahpeton mayor, will be Saturday at 2 p.m., from St. John's Catholic Church with Rev. George Mehok officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Coghlan died early Friday morning at St. Francis Hospital.
Visitation will be this evening (Friday), from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m., and Saturday until 1:45 p.m., at Vertin's Wahpeton, chapel.
Born Nov. 15, 1906 to William and Delia (Coutre) Coghlan at St. John, N.D., he attended elementary schools and graduated from high school there. He received his degree in business from the University of North Dakota in 1929.
After graduation he was employed by Gamble Stores in Madison, Minn., until 1932 when he joined the Coast-to-Coast Store chain and operated his own store at Rochester, Minn. He married Nela Zollner, May 23, 1932, at Rochester and continued to reside there until 1935.
He operated stores in Iowa and Minneapolis before coming to Wahpeton in 1938 where he purchased the Coast-to-Coast Store. He constructed the present Coast-to-Coast store building here. After retiring from the retail hardware business he operated a wholesale distributing business and later entered the real estate and insurance business.
He also became well-known as a columnist for the Wahpeton Daily News.
He served as mayor of Wahpeton from 1942 until 1946=5, was a past president of the Wahpeton Chamber of Commerce, had served on the Richland County Board of Commissioners, is a past president of Wahpeton Rotary and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Charyl) Pollard, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Colleen Coghlan, Minneapolis; three grandchildren; three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Albert (Romana) Sherron, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Francis (Lorne) Vandrovac, Valley City, N.D.; Mrs. Bernice DeMers, St. John; Kenneth of Valley City and Eugene of Wasilla, Alaska. He is preceded by his parents.
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Location
Old Fairview is located on the southern half of the cemetery grounds.