Mildred B. Coultas

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Mildred B. Coultas, 84, of Harrisburg, passed away 1:50 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Galatia.

She was born March 11, 1926, in Alton, Mo., the daughter of Ray and Mary Ethel Little Hall. She married the Rev. G.E. Coultas on Sept. 12, 1975, in Belleview. She was a licensed practical nurse and a member of Buena Vista Community Church.

Surviving are her husband, Rev. G.E. Coultas of Harrisburg; two sons, Harold Nickels of Springfield and Lonnie Nickels of Louisiana.; three daughters, Linda Wseezer of Port Orchard, Wash., Rita Bilbo of Poplarville, Miss., and Judy Myers of Winston-Salem, N.C.; one sister, Lucille Brookshire of Salem, Mo.; and several grand and great-grandchildren; also two stepsons, the Rev. Dr. G. Dean Coultas of Hubbard, Texas, and Robert Coultas of Lorton, Va.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Bob and Donnie Nickels; one daughter, Joy Ducommon; seven brothers; and one sister.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, at the Buena Vista Community Church with the Rev. G. E. Coultas and the Rev. David Ducommon officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Garden Cemetery. Friends may call at the Buena Vista Community Church from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. For those who wish memorials may be made to the homeless shelter of the Christian Community Compassion Center. The J. M. Weirauch Funeral Home in Harrisburg is in charge of arrangements.