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A Family Tradition
of Service Since 1925 Bob Coats has now retired and turned the family business over to his daughter Heather M. Coats. Heather received her mortuary license in 1989 and continues, along with her sister Heidi, her mother Lois, and her father Bob to provide the quality service that families have come to expect from Coats Funeral Home.
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where
Robert H. served families until 1956. Robert H. raised a son Leonard who joined
in the family business. In 1950, Leonard W. Coats opened the Drayton Plains
branch of Coats Funeral Home. Quite a feat at the time considering Drayton
Plains was a small rural community within Waterford Township where Detroiters
vacationed.
In
1956 the northwest Detroit funeral home was closed and Robert H. moved "north"
and joined Leonard and his grandson Robert M. Coats. Robert M., known as
Bob, received his license to practice funeral service in 1958. The funeral
home was remodeled and expanded and until Robert H.'s death in 1971, Robert
H. and his wife Lena along with Leonard and his wife Mabel all lived in
apartments at the funeral home. Mabel, Bob's mother, lived in her
apartment in the funeral home until her death in November of 2004. 
