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Clyde Cole Jr. ‘‘Skip,’’ 75 years old, of Warren, died suddenly of a massive heart attack on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006, at noon at his summer home at Sandy Lake.
     

He was born April 3, 1931 , in Warren, the son of the late Clyde and Bess Koehler Cole Sr.

      
He was a 1949 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School and a 1953 graduate of Colgate University . He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.
     
Mr. Cole was on the Board of Directors of Trumbull Memorial Hospital for 15 years; past president and member of the Automobile Dealers Association of Eastern Ohio; past president and member of the Trumbull 100 since its inception. He was instrumental with the Westlawn project in Warren and headed up the Hanging Flower Basket Project in downtown Warren . He was a former member of the Trumbull Country Club and a member of the Buckeye Club. He was presently working with the Warren Grows project for the revitalization of downtown Warren . He was an avid enthusiast for golf, tennis, skiing, volleyball, sailing, traveling and Sandy Lake .
     
Mr. Cole worked at Downtown Motors from 1953-66; and was president of Clyde Cole Cadillac on East Market Street in Warren from 1966-92; Clyde Cole Cadillac merged with Valley Pontiac, which became Cole Valley on Elm Road from 1992 until he retired in 1993.
     
Survivors include his wife, the former Mary Perschbacher, whom he married June 15, 1957; four sons, David and Marilee Cole and their children, Christopher, Jonathan of Benjamin of Warren; Scott and Valerie Cole and their children, Joshua and Lauren of Carrollton; Tom and Paula Cole and their children, Tyler and Ellie of Warren; and Robert and Carissa Cole and their children, Gabrielle and Isabelle of Boardman.
    
Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his two brothers, Jack and James Cole.
     
Funeral services will be noon Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006 , at Believers Christian Fellowship, with the Rev. Ed Smelser officiating. Friends may visit from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006 , at the Carl W. Hall Funeral Home and also one hour prior to the services at the church on Wednesday. Interment will follow at North Jackson Cemetery .
    
The family requests that memorial contributions may be made to the Trumbull 100, a non-profit group of local citizens who contribute time and money for the betterment of our community, P.O. Box 1908 , Warren , Ohio 44482 .