The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, March 18, 1995               TAG: 9503180181
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   31 lines

VIVIAN A. COLTES

Vivian Angus Coltes, 86, of the 2000 block of Colorado Ave., died March 17, 1995, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mr. Coltes was a native of New Kent County, Va., and was retired as a supervisor (electrician) from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and was the State Patriarch from 1958 to 1991.

Survivors include his wife, Lida ``Dot'' Coltes; four daughters, Dorothy Jones of Arizona, Sharon Johnson of Germany, Donna Johnson of Richmond and Patricia Owen of Maine; a son, Ronald V. Coltes of Smithfield; 22 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Portsmouth, by Bishop Coleman Smith. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond. The family will be at Loving Funeral Home, Churchland, from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday. ILLUSTRATION: Personal Photo

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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