Joseph Richard Coffey, Sr.

1893 - 1963  (70 years)

• Name	Joseph Richard Coffey
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	8 Mar 1893	Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jul 1963	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	4 Jul 1963	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2880	Rossville
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Jasper P Coffey,   b. 1851,   d. 1928  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Minton Coffey,   b. 1847, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Oct 1925  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Belle Rousselo Bledsoe Coffey,   b. 26 Oct 1914,   d. 5 Oct 1984  (Age 69 years)
  Children	1. Joseph Richard Coffey, Jr.,   b. 1935,   d. 1 Apr 1944, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 9 years) + 2. John Frederick (Fred) Coffey,   b. 4 May 1936, Wellsville, Franklin County, Kansas ,   d. 17 May 2022  (Age 86 years) + 3. Phyllis B Coffey Stadler,   b. 24 Feb 1940, Richmond, Franklin County, Kansas ,   d. 9 Dec 2014, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 74 years) + 4. Patricia Jane Coffey Perry Essman,   b. 27 Nov 1941, Richmond, Franklin County, Kansas ,   d. 30 Jan 2014, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 72 years)   5. Mary Lou Coffey Hancock   6. Etta Yvonne Coffey   7. Betty Jo Coffey   8. Shirley Coffey Kitto   9. Sheldon Eugene Coffey
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2023 23:41:14
  Family ID	F1914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Coffey, Joseph JOSEPH COFFEY DIES, FUNERAL FRIDAY Joseph Richard Coffey, Rossville, died Monday, July 1, 1963 in a Topeka hospital. He was 70. He was born March 8, 1893 at Asheville, N. C., and settled with his parents in Junction City in 1897. Mr. Coffey was a farmer and road construction worker until his retirement in 1959. He had lived in Rossville since 1952. He was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars in Rossville, and was a veteran of World War I. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Etta Gutshall, Rossville; one son, Fred, 444 Greene, Topeka, for daughters, Mrs. Mary Lou Hancock, Tamp, Fla., Mrs. Don Middaugh, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Phyllis Stadler, and Mrs. Patricia Perry, both of Rossville; one step-daughter, Shirley Coffey, one step-son. Gene Baugher, both of Kansas City, Mo., and 13 grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday a Parker Mortuary with burial in Rossville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Perry Stumbaugh, J. L. Bruce, Omer VanVleck, Fred McColough, Bill Hole, and Harley Heiland. Relatives from out of town attending the funeral of Joseph R. Coffey were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rockhold of Lawrence, Kansas, Mrs. Hazel Cox, Olathe, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rousselo and Vicki and Mr. John Rousselo all of Edgerton, Shirley Coffey, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bougher and Mrs. Helen Bada of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Don Middough, Jacksonville, Florida, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hancock, Mrs. Belle Bledsoe, Tampa Florida, Mrs. Maud Coffey and Mrs Ruth Coffey of Topeka. CARD OF THANKS --- We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to our friends and the churches for the food and many other acts of kindness and the sympathy shown us in our sorrow. Mrs. Etta Gutshall and The Coffey Children