Rev. William Taylor Coldiron, 81, of Kettering, OH, went home to be with the Lord on Sat., Nov. 28, 2020. He died in Kettering Hospital from complications of COVID-19. Bill was preceded in death by his father, Taylor Coldiron (1963), by his mother, Rev. Esther Benton Coldiron (2000) and by two half-sisters, Estelle Coldiron Gabbard (2017) and Vivian Coldiron Moery (2018). He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Paula Haney Coldiron of Kettering, OH and by his half-sister, Mary Coldiron Allen of Richmond, KY. He also leaves several of his cousins and Paula’s cousins, plus many good friends from former pastorates of his.
Bill, a native of Richmond, KY, attended Henry Clay High School in Lexington and enlisted in a new, special high school deferment program in the Army Reserves in 1956. Later his military service continued in the US Air Force with an assignment in Thailand as a Staff Sergeant. Subsequently in civilian life he worked for the US Postal Service. Then, responding to God’s call in his life, Bill completed the Church of the Nazarene’s home study course to become a pastor, culminating in his ordination as an Elder in the Church of the Nazarene in 1982.
Bill married Paula during the time that he was studying to become a pastor. From that point they went on to pastor First Church of the Nazarene in Eaton, OH and then Greenfield Church of the Nazarene in Greenfield, OH. Then they moved south of the River to their longest pastorate at Eastland Park Church of the Nazarene in Lexington, KY. For a couple years Bill then became a full-time Nazarene Evangelist. Circumstances then brought them back to Dayton, OH, where they pastored the Grace Church of the Nazarene (formerly Glen Road). Bill then answered the call to a staff position in the Miamisburg, OH, Church of the Nazarene. His final pastorate was at the Trotwood West Acres Church of the Nazarene in West Dayton. During retirement, he and Paula have been members in Paula’s home church of Parkview Nazarene in Kettering.
A memorial service for Bill will be held at 11:00 am on Tue., Dec. 15, 2020 at the Parkview Church of the Nazarene at 4701 Far Hills Ave. in Kettering. The service will be led by the Superintendent of the Southwestern Ohio District, Dr. Bob Mahaffey. The service may be viewed online by going to www.parkviewnaz.org and following the instructions for online viewing. Final interment will be at a later date in the Old Silver Creek Cemetery in Jamestown, OH. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to Parkview Church of the Nazarene in honor of Bill’s memory. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Tobias Funeral Home - Far Hills Chapel at 5471 Far Hills Ave. in Kettering.
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