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Arthur N. Colona
Posted 11/29/07
Arthur N. 'Art' Colona, 93 SEAFORD - Arthur N. "Art" Colona of Seaford died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, in Beebe Hospital, Lewes. He was 93. Art was born on Chincoteague Island, Va., on Dec. 7, 1913, the …
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Arthur N. Colona
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Arthur N. 'Art' Colona, 93
SEAFORD - Arthur N. "Art" Colona of Seaford died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, in Beebe Hospital, Lewes. He was 93.
Art was born on Chincoteague Island, Va., on Dec. 7, 1913, the second son of Norman and Roena Daisey Colona.
He graduated from Chincoteague High School and then joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1935. Art retired from the Coast Guard in 1965 after 30 years. Most of his military career was spent on ships at sea.
At the start of World War II, Art was transferred to the Navy as a lieutenant in both the European and Pacific theaters.
After the war, he returned to the Coast Guard and served their ships anywhere from Greenland to Alaska. Art's last eight years he served in maritime inspection in Baltimore and Long Beach, Calif.
Art was an active member of the Chief Warrant Officers Association and the Retired Military Officers Association.
He and his wife, Eleanor, established a scholarship fund for children of Coast Guard members.
After his retirement from the Coast Guard, Art worked as port engineer for American President Steamship Line and was a real estate salesman, a condominium manager and the captain of several sports fishing vessels.
Art was an active member of numerous Masonic organizations for the past 60 years.
He was a member of Cap Island Lodge, Cape May, N.J.; ELBEKAL Shrine Center, Anaheim, Calif.; National Sojourners Chapter 750, El Toro, Calif.; Lower Delaware Shrine Club; Nur Shrine Center, Wilmington; Hiram Lodge 21, Seaford; Scottish Rite Club, Lewes; Scottish Rite Club, Baltimore; Royal Order of Scotland; and the Eastern Shore Scottish Rite Club, Salisbury, Md.
Art and his wife also established a scholarship fund to be administered by the Scottish Rite Club of Salisbury.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor Kirk Colona, on March 5, 2002; his mother and father; brothers, Everett and Elmer; and a sister, Minerva Colona Graham.
He is survived by a brother, Robert and his wife Shirley Colona; a sister, Lillie Colona Boothe; eight nieces and nephews; 14 grandnieces and grandnephews; and his friend, Joan Hudson.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, preceded by a Masonic service by Hiram Lodge, at the Cranston Funeral Home, 300 Shipley St., Seaford, where friends may call one hour prior.
Burial will be at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Instead of flowers, in memory of Art and to honor Eleanor Kirk Colona, donations may be made to the Order of the Eastern Star, c/o Ester Berner, 8277 Hearns Pond Road, Seaford, DE 19973.
SEAFORD - Arthur N. "Art" Colona of Seaford died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, in Beebe Hospital, Lewes. He was 93.
Art was born on Chincoteague Island, Va., on Dec. 7, 1913, the second son of Norman and Roena Daisey Colona.
He graduated from Chincoteague High School and then joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1935. Art retired from the Coast Guard in 1965 after 30 years. Most of his military career was spent on ships at sea.
At the start of World War II, Art was transferred to the Navy as a lieutenant in both the European and Pacific theaters.
After the war, he returned to the Coast Guard and served their ships anywhere from Greenland to Alaska. Art's last eight years he served in maritime inspection in Baltimore and Long Beach, Calif.
Art was an active member of the Chief Warrant Officers Association and the Retired Military Officers Association.
He and his wife, Eleanor, established a scholarship fund for children of Coast Guard members.
After his retirement from the Coast Guard, Art worked as port engineer for American President Steamship Line and was a real estate salesman, a condominium manager and the captain of several sports fishing vessels.
Art was an active member of numerous Masonic organizations for the past 60 years.
He was a member of Cap Island Lodge, Cape May, N.J.; ELBEKAL Shrine Center, Anaheim, Calif.; National Sojourners Chapter 750, El Toro, Calif.; Lower Delaware Shrine Club; Nur Shrine Center, Wilmington; Hiram Lodge 21, Seaford; Scottish Rite Club, Lewes; Scottish Rite Club, Baltimore; Royal Order of Scotland; and the Eastern Shore Scottish Rite Club, Salisbury, Md.
Art and his wife also established a scholarship fund to be administered by the Scottish Rite Club of Salisbury.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor Kirk Colona, on March 5, 2002; his mother and father; brothers, Everett and Elmer; and a sister, Minerva Colona Graham.
He is survived by a brother, Robert and his wife Shirley Colona; a sister, Lillie Colona Boothe; eight nieces and nephews; 14 grandnieces and grandnephews; and his friend, Joan Hudson.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, preceded by a Masonic service by Hiram Lodge, at the Cranston Funeral Home, 300 Shipley St., Seaford, where friends may call one hour prior.
Burial will be at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
Instead of flowers, in memory of Art and to honor Eleanor Kirk Colona, donations may be made to the Order of the Eastern Star, c/o Ester Berner, 8277 Hearns Pond Road, Seaford, DE 19973.
