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Burial, with military rites, will be in New Union
Cemetery.
Mr. Coffman was a claims adjuster with State Farm
Insurance Company and Laborers Local 895.
He served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army
during World War II and was stationed in Europe.
He was born Dec. 16, 1921, in Jefferson County to
Samuel and Catherine Bray Coffman. He married
Theresa Ferne Boswell Stover in 1963 in Benton. She
preceded him in death on Oct. 29, 1994.
He is survived by two stepdaughters, Peggy (and
Donald) Stover Irvin of Mount Vernon and Rosita (and
Marvin) Stover Jenkins of Lincoln; one brother,
Shuford (and Evelyn) Coffman of Mount Vernon; three
grandchildren, Julia Carr Goree of Mount Vernon,
Michelle (and Chris) Jenkins Allison of Atlanta and
Ryan (and Scott) Jenkins Bradford of Overland, Mo.;
and six great-grandchildren, Celeste Jane Carr of
Kansas City, Kan., Allison and Leah Goree of Mount
Vernon, and Emily, Elizabeth "Libby" and Jesse
Reiners of Atlanta.
He was also preceded in death by one sister and
one grandson, Bruce Carr.
He attended Jefferson Street Christian Church.
He had moved from Mount Vernon to Logan County in
1973. He was a member of the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars in Mount Vernon.
He was a graduate of the University of Illinois
and the University of Illinois Law School.
He was an avid reader, cat lover, gardener and
history buff.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the
Logan County Humane Society.
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