Mary E. Colman

FORT WORTH, Texas — Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Colman,

94, a loving wife, mother, nana and friend, passed away peacefully Thursday, May 4, 2017, surrounded by family and friends.

Service: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Biggers Funeral Home.

Visitation: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday at Biggers Funeral Home

Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park.

Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers, Paul E. Colman Jr., Ronald J. Colman, Dr. Ron A. Kaler, Dr. R. Jacob Kaler, Barrett Guyton, Ricardo Salazar, Steve Williams, Randy Hatley, Andrew Kaler, Colman Breckbill, John E. Mazon III, Papouche Kaler, Kaler Mazon, Bryce Guyton, Matthew Salazar.

Betty was born Nov. 23, 1922, in Philadelphia, to Marion and Edison Wayland. She graduated from Gesu Catholic High School in Miami, Fla.

Betty married her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, Paul Edward Colman, on Oct.

11, 1943, in Pittsfield, Mass., at St. Mary of the Morning Star. Betty was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church. She worked as a florist for many years and created beautiful arrangements with her beautiful hands. Betty was the life of any party and enjoyed all forms of dance and music. She was the head cheerleader for all family sports events. She loved all her family deeply and was happiest when preparing festive meals for her family at all holiday occasions. Betty and Paul loved to travel, and she kept hand-written detailed logs of many of their road trips. Betty had lived in Hot Springs for ten years, and loved all her friends at Brookdale Ridgmar and Brookdale Westover Hills in the Fort Worth, Texas, area. The family would like to extend their deepest appreciation to the staff at Brookdale Westover Hills and VITAS Hospice for their loving and compassionate care.

Survivors: sons, Paul Colman Jr., and wife, Linda, and Ronnie Colman, and wife, Janice; daughter, Candace Kaler, and husband, Dr. Ron Kaler; grandchildren, Jacob, Amy, Becky, Mandy, Allison, Abby, Matthew and Candace; 15 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.