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BLOOMINGTON - Mary Angela Colteaux, 59, Bloomington, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 4, 2006) at her home.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Carmody-Flynn Williamsburg Funeral Home, Bloomington, with the Rev. Carl LoPresti officiating. Burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Humane Society of Central Illinois.
Mary was born Nov. 26, 1946, in Bloomington, the daughter of Edward and Evelyn Swibaker Erickson. She married John "Doc" Colteaux on May 8, 1981, in Bloomington. He survives.
Other survivors include two sisters, Patricia (Bill) Killian, Lexington, and Gloria (Dale) McKittrick, Telluride, Colo.; one brother, Greg Erickson, Bloomington; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Mary graduated from Bloomington High School. She had worked as interim director of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Center. She also had worked at the Baby Fold in Normal and later as a legal secretary. She had also helped her husband with his antique business. Mary enjoyed life and her family. One of her favorite endeavors that she enjoyed with her husband was professional research and the marketing of rare antiques. Mary loved life, her family and her beloved pets. She will be deeply missed by all who touched her life and she theirs.
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Marvin Theobald
The following comments were provided by Mary's sister along with Mary's obituary. I wanted to share it so others could know what our class meant to her.Your classmate (my sister) Mary Erickson Colteaux passed away Oct. 4, 2006. Here is her obit. Please post this somewhere on your site for my little sister. Mary loved getting together with her old classmates and planning reunions and get togethers. She was involved for many years in 1964 BHS class reunions.
Robert (Bob) Singletary
To the spirit of MARY ERICKSON (Colteaux),I was very saddened to hear you had passed on to the afterlife. We rode home on the same bus because you lived only about 3 blocks away. I always cheered up when
seeing you (I'd tease you in order to get a chuckle and see your bright smile). Your cute ways and shy personality forever charmed me. Being an artist, I always wanted to draw your portrait but I never asked because I knew you were too modest. After all these years I want to thank you for being friendly. This is one classmate who really misses you.
Sincerely, Robert Singletary (age 63)
Saturday September 12, 2009__6:29 P.M.
(eastern standard time) USA
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Helen Nicolaysen (Thompson)
Patti Miller, Rita Moore Duncan, Mary and I use to cruise Main Street all night together usually in my car. We had many fun times together. I was saddened to hear of Mary's passing. I shall never forget the night we tried to camp together at Lake Bloomington, however everyone was concerned about messing up their ratted hair, so I ended up putting the tent up by myself. We then piled back in my car and headed back to Patti's house and begged her Mother to let her join us and camp at Lake Bloomington together. By the time we made it back to the Lake with Patti, the tent had been taken down because we weren't allowed to camp there. We ended up moving the camping trip to an abandon cabin at Funks Grove sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags. Low and behold the next day we all itched terribly. Well, the reason we itched so bad was because we all got chiggers. We learned a lesson never to camp where we shouldn't have been ever again! This was one of those crazy yet fun times that will never be forgotten. There are so many other fun times that we remember, but there isn't enough space or time to share all of them. Thank you Mary, for being such a crazy and fun friend that will always be remembered.Helen Nicolaysen Thompson