DEATH SUMMONS
ALFRED COOLIDGE
Pioneer Banker Taken at
Dishman After Apoplexy Stroke.
Alfred Coolidge, 71, of Colfax, one 
of the well known financial figures 
in the northwest and for many years 
a resident of Spokane, died suddenly 
yesterday afternoon at Dishman, two 
hours after being stricken with 
apoplexy. Mr. Coolidge, with his wife, was 
visiting at the Liberty Lake home of Mr. 
and Mrs. A. P. Mitchell when he suffered
the stroke.
Mr. Coolidge was a native of the 
west. He was born in Oregon, and
received his education in the public schools' of Silvertown and at the
University of Oregon. Upon his
graduation from the university, Mr.
Coolidge entered the banking business, forming a partnership with
Adolphus F. McClaine. Until the
passing of Mr. McClaine in recent
months, the firm of Coolidge & McClaine 
was prominent in northwest financial affairs.
Organizes Bank.
Two years after the partnership
was formed Mr. Coolidge organized
the Colfax National bank and became
its first president, continuing
in this capacity until his death.
Vitally interested in the progress
of Whitman county, Mr. Coolidge
played an important part in its development. Besides his interests in
the Colfax bank he had, from 1904
until 1907, been president of the
Traders Rational bank of Spokane,
later becoming a member of the
board, and had also been a vice
president of the Bank of Tekoa
and the Commercial State bank of
Oakesdale.
In 1883 Mr. Coolidge married Miss Emma 
Scriber of Salem, Ore. To this union three 
children were born, Dolph, Max, and Emma. 
The first Mrs. Coolidge died 22 years ago. 
His second wife, Edith, survives.
Besides his son Dolph, of Colfax, and daughter, Emma,
now Mrs. Harold Geesey of Seattle, Mr. 
Coolidge is survived by a stepdaughter, 
Mrs. phyllis Wingard, also of Seattle.
Last evening the body was removed to 
the Bruning parlors at Colfax, where 
funeral services will be held.