Obituary: Martin Coleman III, 68, Waltham Real Estate Broker

The following is from Joyce Funeral Home.

Mr. Martin J. Coleman III, of Waltham, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He was 68.

Marty was born in Brighton on July 4, 1946, a son of the late Martin J. Jr. and Joan C. (Kerwin) Coleman, and had been a lifelong resident of Waltham. He graduated from Saint Mary’s High School in Waltham and had attended Bentley College.

Involved in the family business from an early age, Marty had been a real estate broker all his life with Coleman & Sons on Main Street. In addition to belonging to area professional real estate associations, he had been a past president of the Waltham Chapter of the American Cancer Society and a corporator at the former Waltham Hospital.

The consummate salesman, Marty touched the lives of many in Waltham and beyond, and worked until the very end of his life.

He leaves his wife, Pamela (Baker) Coleman; his children, Michael J. Coleman and his wife Dr. Sheila Cooper, Martin J. Coleman IV and Christine M. Coleman; his sisters and brother, Jeanie C. May and her husband Richard MacLean, Judy C. Johnson and her husband Charles and Robert M. Coleman and his wife Janet; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Marty was also a brother of the late Nancy J. Coleman.

Family and friends will honor and remember Martin’s life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main St. (Route 20), Waltham, on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 4-8 p.m. and again at 9 a.m. on Friday morning before leaving in procession to Saint Mary’s Church, 133 School St., Waltham, where his funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

Memorial donations may be made to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284-9168.