Draft:Oren P. Coler

Oren Phil Coler (June 20, 1925 – December 4, 1978)^[1] was a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court from 1974 to 1977.^[2]

Born in De Grey, South Dakota.

He served In the Navy during World War II. Coler was a former South Dakota Supreme Court Justice and had a private law practice in Chamberlain before his appointment as revenue secretary In 1977. He married Marge Koehler Aug. 29, 1947, at Chamberlain.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Obituary of Oren "Phil" Coler", Rapid City Journal (December 6, 1978), p. 10.
^ A Photographic History of the South Dakota Supreme Court (1995), p. 13.

Political offices
Preceded by Frank Biegelmeier	Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court 1974–1977	Succeeded by Robert E. Morgan

Category:1925 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court

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[RCJ_obit-1] "Obituary of Oren "Phil" Coler", Rapid City Journal (December 6, 1978), p. 10.

[2] A Photographic History of the South Dakota Supreme Court (1995), p. 13.

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