GENE CODER obituary

Gene H. Coder, 77, of Havre

died of congestive heart failure

Monday, June 5, 2006, in the

home of his son and daughter-inlaw

Tim and Karla Coder of

Helena surrounded by his loving

family.

Visitation

and viewing

will be

Friday from

2 p.m. until

9 p.m. at

Edwards

Funeral

Home

Chapel in

Chinook.

There will

be a celebration

of

his life at

Fifth Avenue Christian Church

in Havre on Saturday at 9 a.m.

with the Rev. Rowlie Hutton officiating.

Burial will follow in

Highland Cemetery with military

honors.

Gene was born in Killarney,

Manitoba, on April 26, 1929, to

Harold and Hazel (Bell) Coder.

As a young man, he went to

North Dakota, where he met the

love of his life, Marian Phelps.

He was drafted into the Army in

1952 and served in communications

in the Korean conflict.

During his first furlough, on

Sept. 20, 1952, he married

Marian. After his discharge,

they moved to Havre and made

their home here for the remainder

of his life. He was a master

electrician and worked on various

construction and irrigation

jobs. He retired from Burlington

Northern Railway 15 years ago.

Gene made many friends and

was well-loved in the community.

His strong faith in the Lord

was a great influence on his children

and grandchildren. He was

a loving and giving person whom

was the first one to help others.

He had a great sense of humor

and a very positive attitude; his

glass was always half full.

His greatest joy in life was

the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting,

trapping and fishing with

his grandchildren. He also

taught them all to play cribbage,

his favorite pastime, especially

during the later years of his life.

He was a member of Fifth

Avenue Christian Church for 50

years. He was very instrumental

in helping start the Little

Rockies Christian Camp in

Landusky, doing a lot of the

wiring with his good friend Max

Russell.

Gene is survived by his wife

Marian Coder of Havre; children,

Cindy (Jon) Rand of

Grand Junction, Colo.; Tim

(Karla) Coder of Helena and

Twyla (Kenny) Klundt of

Columbia Falls; 12 grandchildren;

and one brother and two

sisters residing in Canada.

Memorials are suggested to

the Little Rockies Christian

Camp, Fifth Avenue Christian

Church or the charity of the

donor's choice.

Arrangements are by

Edwards Funeral Home of

Chinook.