Carol Ruth Cote
May 14, 1930 - December 2, 2021
CAROL RUTH COTE' OF FALLON, NEVADA PASSED AWAY AT HOME ON THE MORINING OF DECEMBER 2ND 2021.
CAROL WAS BORN MAY 14TH, 1930 IN PASADENA, CA TO HELEN FULMER (BOWERS) SHELDON AND ALLAN DAVID SHELDON. CAROL MARRIED JIM O'BANION, THEY HAD TWO SONS, THE OLDEST SON, JAMES LANCE O'BANION PRECEEDED HER IN DEATH.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY JANICE SMITH (SISTER) OF YERINGTON, ALAN SHELDON (1/2 BROTHER) YERINGTON, (SON) DAVID SCOTT O'BANION (JOSIE) OF SPARKS, FOUR STEPCHILDREN, LOUANNE COTE' HESS (STEVE) OF RENO, STEVEN (GIGI) COTE', LOUIS (MARTI) COTE', THOMAS (GLORIA) COTE', ALL OF CARSON CITY, GRAND CHILDREN AND GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, NIECES, AND NEPHEWS.
CAROL WAS MARRIED TO LEWIS JOSEPH COTE' FOR 40+ YEARS, LOUIS PASSED AWAY MARCH 28, 2022, 2 DAYS SHORT OF HIS 97TH BIRTHDAY, CAROL DID MANY THINGS IN HER LIFE, FARMING AND RASING RAINBOW TROUT IN SMITH VALLEY, NV. CAROL AND LOUIS PURCHASED AN OLD GAS STATION IN PIOCHE, NV BECAUSE IT WAS AT ONE TIME A FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD A LARGE INVENTORY OF NEW OLD STOCK FORD PARTS. SHE DID PHOTO RESTORATION FOR THE MUSEUM IN FALLON, WAS INVOLVED WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN SMITH VALLEY.
SHE SPENT YEARS DOING GENOLOGY FOR THE SHELDON-O'BANION AND THE COTE' FAMILY'S, HAD A BOOK PUBLISHED. LOUIS AND HER TRAVELED MANY BACK ROADS IN THE LNITED STATES BUYING NEW OLD STOCK FORD PARTS AND HAULED THEM BACK TO
FALLON FOR LOUIS RESTORATION WORK ON EARLY VS FORDS AND TO SELL
A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE HILLCREST CEMETERY, HWY 208, IN SMITH VALLEY NV AT 1:00 PM MAY 14, 2022, A RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW AT " ROSIE'S PLACE", 2881 ST, ROUTE 208, WELLINGTON, NV.