John Winston Coates Obituary

The world bids farewell to John Winston Coates of Claresholm, Alberta, born in Brandon, Manitoba, departing on October 31, 2024 at the age of 81. John leaves behind memories cherished by the community. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

As we bid John farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For John is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Robert John (Coates) and Margaret Grace (Cullen). He is survived by: his children, James Coates (Julia) and Helen (Thompson); his sister Karen (Barteaux); his niece Hillary (Barteaux); his nephew Matthew (Barteaux); and his grandchildren, Lauren, Nicholas, Christopher (Ambeault) and Victoria (Coates).