Joan Marie Coates 

Joan Marie Coates died April 26, 2007, of pneumonia at
age 61. 
Joan Marie Porth was born Dec. 2, 1945, in Portland.
She graduated from Jefferson High School and was a
homemaker. In 1972, she married Norman R. 
Survivors include her husband; daughters, Kathy
Zimmerman, Julie Carignan, Laurel Dryden and Lynn
Lowe; son, Shawn M. Coates; stepdaughter, Camilla
Esser; stepsons, Cory Coates and Casey Coates;
sisters, Jean Russell Johnson and Judy Porth Ehrlich;
and nine grandchildren. 
Arrangements by Oregon Cremation. 

Sunday, May 06, 2007 
Portland Oregonian