Peri Coleman Obituary

Peri Nanette Black Coleman (b. 06/19/1962), formerly of Lenox MA, died on October 4, 2021 after a long battle (8 years) with cancer.

A graduate of Lenox Memorial High School, she was active in band, chorus, and a member of the National Honor Society. She participated in the Junior Miss pageant. In 1984, she graduated from the Albany College of Pharmacy with a degree in Medical Technology and spent many years working in local medical laboratories. She grew up in a very musical and artsy family where she excelled at the French horn, singing, puppeteering (Black Magic Puppeteers), theater, and art. One of her passions involved everything about horses. She read about horses, rode, worked in local stables, mucked stalls, and generally hung around horse stables, visiting horse farms even through her last illness. She also enjoyed sharing her life with cats, dogs, and hamsters.

Her prowess with the French horn enabled her to participate for several years in competitive drum corps, in both St. Mary's Cardinals of Pittsfield, MA and Avant Garde of the Capital Region, NY. Competitions offered opportunities for considerable travel, including one at Disney World in Orlando, FL. Peri was unbeatable at Space Invaders and Pac-Man, back in the day. She and her husband were enthusiastic followers of live, blue grass music concerts.

She leaves behind her husband, Michael Coleman, her sister, Janine 'Nina' Noelle Black, and father, Theodore Davis Black, plus three children, Ryan Otis Coleman of Saratoga Springs, NY, Devin Thomas Coleman of Portland, OR, and Tori Coleman of Clifton Park, NY.