Birth date: Jul 31, 1930 Death date: Jun 24, 2023
Obituary for John Francis Cole A favorite saying of John Cole was, “I’m just a stranger here myself. Heaven’s my home.” On June 24, 2023, at the age of 92, John made it home. John Francis King Cole was born on July 31, 1930, in Read Obituary
John and Pat changed the course of our family’s lives by selling us their Crestedge home, all via word of mouth. In 1987 the mortgage rate was 12-14%. Michael was building his graphic design business, and I was running the household and keeping up with our 3 pre-school aged children. I think John and Pat liked us and sold us the house, carrying the mortgage at 10%, a great bargain for us but also a good investment for them. Without their generosity, we could not have purchased that lovely home and become part of Lake Highlands. We are forever grateful. I always loved seeing Pat zooming around town in her convertible, and we stayed in touch with John for many, many years. I’m sure we’ll run into him again, eating lunch with the ROMEOs in heaven.
Anita Morris
John and I worked together many years ago at EDS when we were in the Thrift group. We had some significant growth/sales in our group and had to bring on many new SEs into the group. John was such a wonderful mentor and teacher and did so much to ensure our success. He was a fantastic bridge player too. Once we moved to the Plano office on 15th Street, he organized a weekly lunchtime bridge game with Skip Blanton, and others. Our boss at the time (Earl McKinzie) didn't approve of us playing bridge in the break room, so what did we do...we moved it to John's home and played with Pat, Skip, John and me! I learned alot of good bridge from them! Once John and Earl were both retired, the three of us formed a weekly lunch group!
I loved John's personality and wit. We were friends for many years after we worked together. He was a brilliant man with such a generous soul.
I look forward to meeting John, Pat, and Skip in heaven to continue playing bridge!
John and Pat were the first couple we met when we came from St. Paul to join EDS. We had such fun and have terrific memories of our time together. John was always a sweet and caring friend. I feel so blessed to have him in my life. Rest in piece my friend.
