Ninth Generation

15039. Charles Eugene Coffey was born on 17 April 1933 in Huntington Beach, Orange Co., CA. Charles died on 25 March 1992 at the age of 58 in Lincoln City, Lincoln Co., OR and was buried at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.^40592,40593

Obituary, The New Guard, Lincoln City, Lincoln Co., OR, Apr. 1, 1992

Charles Eugene Coffey, 58, died Wednesday, March 25 in Lincoln City. He had been a Lincoln City resident for the past six years, after moving from California.

He was born April 17, 1933, in Huntington Beach, Calif., to Francis and Hazel (Richardson) Coffey. On Oct. 10, 1979, he married Shirley Barton in Reno, Nev. He served in the National Guard and the U. S. Army, 181st Grizzly Battalion during the Korean Conflict.

For many years he enjoyed working as aline [sic] cook and most recently as manager of the Money Saver Motel in Newport.

Surviving are his wife, Shirley Coffey of Lincoln City; his sons, Edward Coffey, Christopher Coffey, Kevin Coffey, all of California, Charles L. Coffey of Illinois, Dana Crabb of Klamath Falls, Donald Crabb and Dale Crabb, both of Salem; his daughters, Helen Coffey of California, Jeanie Parrish of Washington, Deanna Johns of Salem, Danelle Barker of Hermiston and Doleen Tavares of Newport; his brothers, Donald Coffey and Jay Coffey, both of California; also 35 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Jonnie Putnam.

Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Lincoln Hospice, c/o Home Health, North Lincoln Hospital, 3043 NE 28th, Lincoln City, OR 97367.

A living couple was married in 1954 in Palmdale, Los Angeles Co., CA.⁴⁰⁵⁹⁴ Living, daughter of Orville M. Morris and Jesse O. Beeson, was born circa 1932.

Charles Eugene Coffey and Shirley Anne Barton were married on 10 October 1979 in Reno, Washoe Co., NV. Shirley Anne Barton, daughter of Silas Tazrel Barton and LaVida Estella Lortie, was born on 25 April 1935 in Minam, Wallowa Co., OR. She lived with her parents in Lostine, Wallowa Co., OR on 15 April 1940. Shirley died at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport, Lincoln Co., OR on 19 November 2011 and her body was cremated.⁴⁰⁵⁹⁵

Obituary, Shirley A. Coffey, Newport News-Times, Newport, OR, Nov. 23, 2011

Shirley A. Coffey, 76, of Newport, Ore., died Nov. 19, 2011 at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital in Newport.

She was born April 25, 1935 in Willamina, Ore. A complete obituary will follow at a later date.

Affordable Burial and Cremation is handling arrangements.

[n.b. A complete obituary was never published in this source]