Trenton Paul Coleman Jr.

Trenton Paul (Biff) Coleman Jr. was born July 30. 1953 to Jean (Callendar) Coleman and Trenton Coleman Sr. of Bloomville, Ohio. They have, along with his daughter Audra, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife Toni Perez Coleman of Phoenix, AZ, a brother Richard (Bettye) Doran of Gilbert, AZ and a sister Patty Coleman of Las Cruses, New Mexico; daughters Elizabeth Coleman (Matthew) George of Liberty Township, OH and Amanda Coleman of Maineville, Ohio; Step-daughters Stacie Brown of Phoenix, AZ and (Manny) Hernandez of Tempe, AZ and a step-son KC Brown of Phoenix, AZ; Step-grandchildren Christian Brown of Tempe, AZ, Anthony (Maria) Sanchez of Tolleson, AZ, and Juliana Hernandez of Tempe, AZ; 7 grand-pups and 1 grand kitty.

Mr. Coleman is a 1971 graduate of Tiffin Columbian High School. He attended Tiffin University and then worked as an office manager at two auto and truck dealerships in Tiffin, Ohio before moving to Cincinnati and starting a new career in mental health care, working with indigent individuals in addiction treatment programs. He moved into psychiatric treatment of adolescents and returned to school at the University of Cincinnati and obtained a nursing degree and passed the Ohio State Nursing Boards to become a Registered Nurse. He began a lengthy tenure at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where he earned a reputation for his unique and creative treatment methods such as using sign language, guided imagery stories, and juggling to reach even the most difficult child. He passed an ANCC nursing certification exam and proudly signed all documentation as RN,C. meaning he was certified in all four types of psychiatric nursing including child, adolescent, adult and geriatric populations. He rose to the level of Nurse Care Manager and has said many times how proud he was to have worked at one of the top rated healthcare institutions in the world.

He returned to school at the University of South Alabama to further his nursing credentials and left CCHMC to pursue his ultimate goal of becoming a Nursing Director. After a position at Clark County Detention Center in Nevada as a psychiatric nurse consultant at the 4000 inmate prison, he achieved his goal and became a Director of Nursing at a pediatric and adolescent psychiatric hospital in Nevada. He retired from there and returned to Ohio. He then resumed a lifelong love of writing. He was a published poet since age 19 and later wrote a novel based on one of his poems called “No Time for Clocks”. He recently wrote a series of sequel short stories called “Still No Time for Clocks” and was in the process of publishing and marketing these works.

When asked about his greatest accomplishment in life he would always quickly state that it was being a Dad to his kids and finding the love of his life in Toni. He will have his ashes spread in Bloomville, Ohio which was always home even though he hadn’t lived there for many years. He was still in frequent contact with a group of friends he called his “60 year friends” since he had known many of them since they were in kindergarten together at Bloomville School in 1958.

Mr. Coleman requests that anyone who has a fond memory or funny anecdote regarding him to please laugh and enjoy a moment at his expense and to pray for his friends and family.