Martha Jodeen Coleman was born on December 19, 1945 in Aurora, Illinois and passed away on March 23, 2018 in The Woodlands, Texas. She graduated from New Mexico State University with a BS in education, moved to El Paso, Texas in 1969. Martha taught at Burges High School, Storybook School, and El Paso Community College, retiring in 2002. She is survived by her husband, Ronald “Pat” Coleman and her two children, Erin Jodeen Hutchinson (Mike) and Connor Cooper Coleman; grandchildren, Elliot Lee Hutchinson and Wyatt Reed Hutchinson; Memorials can be made to Edna Gladney Home, 6300 John Ryan Drive, Ft. Worth, TX 76132 or The El Paso Humane Society.