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The Time Record - Troy 23 Jan 1963
World War II Veteran
Dies Suddenly
Francis T. Coyne, 31 of 566
River St. a native of Troy who
served overseas as sergeant
with the U.S. army during
World War II, was pronounced
dead on arrival late yesterday
at St. Mary's Hospital where he
was taken be the Ambulance
Service Corp. he had been
taken suddenly ill at his resi-
dence. The ambulance was
summomned by patrolmen Har-
old Flavin and Thomas Dean
of the radio patrol.
Coroner Thomas P. Styles
said Mr. Coyne had been under
the care of a doctor and issued
a decision of death due to nat-
ural causes.
Mr. Coyne attended St. Pe-
ter's School and Catholic Cen-
ral High School. He was a
communicant of St. Peter's
Church and was a member of
the Brownie A.C.
Mr Coyne served seven years
and two months in the Army in
the Asiatic and Pacific theaters,
participating in the Luzon and
New Guinea actions. He was
awarded the following military
decorations: American Defense
Service Medal, American Serv-
ice Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Serv-
ice Medal, Bronze Star, Good
Conduct Medal and the Philip-
pine Liberation Ribbon.
For ten years Mr Coyne was
employed by the Star Textile
& Research Inc. organization
in Cohoes. He was a member
of local 1351, Cohoes Textile
Workers of America.
Surviving are his mother
Mrs. Catherine Hurley Coyne;
two brothers, John B. Coyne
and Thomas F Coyne, both of
Troy; two sisters, Mrs. Walter
Hollis of Hampton Beach, N.H.
and Mrs. Irving Hoffman of
Brooklyn, also several nieces
and nephews.
The funeral will be held Fri-
day at 9:30 a.m. from the Styles
Funeral Home 498 Pawling Ave.,
and at 10 a.m. from St.
Peter's Church, where a Re-
quiem High Mass will be cele-
brated. Internment will be in
St Peter's Cemetery |
