Mary LeMira Dillenback Coulson, of Ludington, passed away peacefully at Ludington Woods in Ludington, Michigan, on April 13, 2019.

Mrs. Coulson was born in Lathrop, Missouri.  She attended Pfeiffer Junior College in Misenheimer, North Carolina and Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey, California and later graduated from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant with a bachelor's degree in education.  During World War II, she served as a munitions worker in Des Moines, Iowa.  She later moved to New York City where she was employed at the Bloomingdale's Department Store as a designer for window displays.  In New York, she met her future husband, John Gatlin Coulson, who preceded her in death in 1993.

Mary Coulson lived most of her adult life in Ludington, Michigan, where she raised her two children, Carole Elizabeth Coulson Kosanovich of Ludington and John Dana Coulson of Baltimore, Maryland, both graduates of Ludington High School.  Mrs. Coulson's Ludington employment included positions as assistant librarian in the Ludington Public Library and as head librarian at the O.J. De Jonge Junior High School.  Mrs. Coulson retired from education in 1987 and later opened Grandma Mary's Bed and Breakfast on Ludington Avenue. She enjoyed reading, sewing, playing the piano, and spending time with her friends and family.

Mrs. Coulson is survived by her two children, eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren as well as a large extended family.

Gifts in memoriam may be made to the Ludington Public Library.

Beacon Cremation & Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

www.beaconfh.com