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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., September 4, 1936, page 10

FRANK M. COATE

Francis Marion Coate was born in Miami County, Ohio, on October 12, 1862. He was educated in his native state, and learned the carpenter trade when he was 18 years old.
In 1887 he came to Trout Lake valley with his brother, Will Coate, and wife and located on a homestead, where he lived up to the time of his death, with the exception of the time he was in the hospital.
He was a pioneer and endured all the hardships of those pioneer days, clearing his land, going without so many things that we think necessities now, making roads, establishing a school and so many other things that belonged to those days. He was married to Miss Anna B. Moore October 15, 1890. To the union were born five children, Martha, Roger, Lester, Edith and Ruth. Edith died January 24, 1934.
He was very active in establishing and building the church. Was a member and Elder of the Presbyterian church. Was superintendent of the Sunday School. He was very faithful in attendance and could always be depended on. He was a good Bible student and knew it well and was an active Christian.
He was a Mason, a Silver Sheath member of the Trout Lake Grange and an Artisan. For many years he was a member of the school board and played a big part in the development of the school.
He was a loving and faithful husband and father. He died August 28, 1936, in The Dalles hospital. Aged 73 years, 10 months and 16 days.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his widow, Mrs. Anna B. Coate and the following children; Martha, Roger, Lester and Ruth, and six grandchildren, three brothers, namely, Wm. Coate of Trout Lake, D.W. Coate of San Fransisco, and Lloyd Coate of Dayton, Ohio. Two sisters, Mrs. E.C. Duncan of Camas, Wash., and Mrs. Martha Harrold of Dayton, Ohio. There is a vacant chair in that home that never can be filled. There is a vacant places in the church, Sunday School and community that never can be filled, and an ache in our hearts that only time can ease. If ever a man deserved that welcome plaudit "Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord", it was Frank M. Coate.