Ninth Generation

15643. Elmer William Coffey was born on 12 September 1913 in Wayne Co., KY. Elmer died on 15 March 1988 at the age of 74 at Humana Hospital-Lake Cumberland in Somerset Twp., Pulaski Co., KY and was buried at Coffey Cemetery in Yamacraw, McCreary Co., KY on 18 March 1988.^{41540,41541,41542}

Elmer W. Coffey, 74, Stearns, died March 15 at Humana Hospital-Lake Cumberland. Funeral services were held March 18 at 1 p.m. at Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. David Troxell and Alvin Perry officiating. Burial was in the Coffey Cemetery at Frank Coffey's place on Wolf Creek.

Born Sept. 12, 1913 in Wayne County to the late Bill and Laura Jones Coffey, he was a retired coal miner. He was married to Dorothy Coffey April. 4, 1942. Preceding him in death were a son, Dester S. Coffey; a brother Herman Coffey; and a sister, Laura McCoy.

He is survived by his wife of Stearns; children, Boyce D. Coffey, Ganel Dresbeck and Jessie Coffey, all of Sidney, Ohio, Boyd Coffey, Darrell Coffey and Norma Jean Inman, Stearns, Orville Lee Coffey, Troy, Ohio, and Sue Ann Shoopman, Piqua, Ohio; two brothers, Johnny Coffey and Jimmy Coffey, both of Stearns; two sisters, Darkie Clark, Stearns, and Angeline Thompson, Smithtown; and 16 grandchildren.

Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home was in Charge of arrangements.

[Note in obituary where this cemetery is said to be located. That location is at Yamacraw in McCreary Co.]

Elmer William Coffey and Dorothy Coffey were married on 4 April 1942 in Kentucky. Dorothy Coffey, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Coffey and Sallie Belle Clark, was born on 5 April 1922 in Wolf Creek, Yamacraw, McCreary Co., KY.⁴¹⁵⁴³ She lived with her parents in McCreary Co., KY on 3 April 1930. Dorothy died on 22 March 2009 at the age of 86 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY and was buried at Coffey Cemetery in Yamacraw, McCreary Co., KY on 26 March 2009.^{41544,41545,41546}

Obituary, The McCreary County Record, Whitley City, KY, Wed., Apr. 1, 2009

Dorothy Coffey, age 86 years, 11 months, and 17 days, of Stearns, Kentucky, passed away Sunday, Mar 22, 2009 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.

Funeral services were held Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home. Burial was in the Coffey Cemetery.

She was born on April 5, 1922 in the Wolf Creek Community to Frank Coffey and Sally Belle Clark Coffey. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening and quilting. Dorothy was a member of the Mountain View Baptist Church and the Stearns Order of Eastern Star.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband, Elmer W. Coffey, a son, Dester S. Coffey, six brothers, Leroy, Henry, James, Frank Jr. "Bud," Grover and Hobert Coffey, four sisters, Adnia Gibson, Becky Coffey, Tonie Branscum and Cora Coffey, and one grandson, Earl Shepphard.

Survivors include five sons, Boyce D. Coffey and his wife, Bessie, of Sidney, Ohio, Boyd Coffey and his wife, Irene, of Stearns, Kentucky, Jessie Coffey and his wife, Hazel, of St. Paris, Ohio, Orville Lee Coffey and his wife, Bonnie, of Troy, Ohio, and Darrel Coffey, of Stearns, three daughters, Ganel Dresback and her husband, Ralph, of Somerset, Kentucky, Sue Ann Shoopman and her husband, Orville, of Piqua, Ohio, and Norma Jean In?, of Whitley City, Kentucky, three sisters, Dova Morrow, of Pine Knot, Kentucky, Hazel Branscum, of Pine Knot, and Vinnie Clark, of Stearns, seventeen grandchildren, and twenty five great grandchildren.

Condolences may be emailed to the family at strunkfh@yahoo.com

Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home served the family of Dorothy Coffey.

Elmer William Coffey and Dorothy Coffey had the following children: