James Francis Coyne, 63, a 32-year resident of Arlington Heights, owner of the former Books Unlimited there in the mid-1970s, was a sales manager for Streater Store Fixtures of Albert Lea, Minn. Mr. Coyne was previously a point-of-purchase display sales representative for national accounts for Charles Levy Circulating Co., Chicago. A Chicago native, he died Saturday, March 18, in Hospice of the North Shore, Skokie, of complications from a brain tumor. Mr. Coyne, who began caddying while in elementary school in Midlothian, received a golf scholarship to Western Michigan University, where he graduated in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in industrial management. Mr. Coyne was a golf pro at Shaker Heights Country Club, Shaker Heights, Ohio, for two years after graduation, and then served in the Army for two years. He was manager of the Trenton, N.J., plant of California-based Golfcraft, manufacturers of custom golf bags, in the 1960s. Later that decade, he managed the dry-cleaning plant for the former E.R. Moore Co., a New Jersey manufacturer of graduation gowns. Mr. Coyne served as volunteer concert chair for International Artists Showcase, sponsored by the Arlington Heights Community Concert Association; as a volunteer judge and activity leader for the Clever Clovers 4-H Club in Arlington Heights and a volunteer soccer coach with the Arlington Heights Park District. “He was a very friendly person who was always interested in others,” said his wife of 36 years, Kay Ann. “Our neighbors referred to him as `the glue of the neighborhood.’ His sense of humor, his curiosity, his interest in politics is what drew people to him.” Other survivors include two daughters, Jennifer Ann and Patricia Kay Hanson; two brothers, Thomas Edward Coyne and John Patrick Coyne; two sisters, Eileen Morrison and Dorothy Fenwick; and a granddaughter. Memorial visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Rd. A memorial service will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 1234 N. Arlington Heights Rd.
