Jean Elizabeth Coffman, 09 Jun 1920 – Jan 12 2013

COFFMAN, OWEN, GRAUER, MURRAY, STEVENS, SMOCK, CHRISTENSEN, MOHR, SHORT, SEYDEL

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 1/21/2013 at 15:11:43

North English- Jean Elizabeth Coffman, age 92 of North English, died on Saturday, January 12, 2013, at Colonial Manor in Amana, Iowa.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held 2:00 PM on Sunday, June 9, 2013, at the Powell Funeral Home, North English

Burial will be in the North English Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 1:00 PM until service time on Sunday.

Messages & Tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries.
[per submitter, maiden name is Owen]

Powell Funeral Homes
Notice published in The Gazettte, 14 Jan 2013 &
English Valleys Star, 16 Jan 2013

Memorial services for Jean E. Coffman, 92, of North English, who passed away Jan. 12, 2013, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Amana, will be 2 p.m. Sunday, June 9, at Powell Funeral Home in North English, with visitation one hour before the service. The Rev. Edwin Jordan will officiate at the service, with a private family interment in North English Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established for the North English United Methodist Church and Dollars For Scholars.

Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries.

Jean was born in North English, Iowa, on June 9, 1920, to R.G. (Dick) and Rose C. (Grauer) Owen.[She graduated from North English High School in 1938. After graduation, she went to UNI, taking the normal training course and then taught at rural Gehry School.]

[She married William J. (Bill) Coffman June 29, 1940, in Yuma, Ariz. After his discharge from the Navy they made their home first in Marengo and then North English, where together they operated Bill Coffman Insurance from 1947 to 1973. She operated the insurance agency after her husband’s death in 1973 and then began a career with IDS Investments and Life USA.]
Jean was a life long resident of North English until 2005 when she sold her home and moved to Highland Ridge Retirement Community in Williamsburg. In 2011, she became a resident of Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Amana.

Survivors include her daughters, Helen (Milo) Murray of Cedar Rapids and Kathy (Dennis) Stevens of Hoopeston, Ill.; grandchildren, Kevin (Brook) Smock of Atkins and Kathy (Andy) Christensen of Cedar Rapids; great-grandchildren, Drew and Mitchell Christensen and Lindsey Smock; stepgreat-grandchildren, Matt Mohr and Heather (Mohr) Short; her sister, Doris Seydel of Readlyn; and several nieces and nephews.

Jean was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

The family would like to thank Colonial Manor Nursing Home for the excellent care they gave our mother.

Published June 6, 2013 in The Gazette
The Williamsburg Journal Tribune, Iowa County Obituaries - 06 Jun 2013 [bracketed from Journal Tribune]