Harry Buffington Coffee (1890 - 1972)

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Harry Buffington Coffee

Birth:	Mar. 16, 1890
Death:	Oct. 3, 1972 Omaha Douglas County Nebraska, USA
US Congressman. He was born in Harrison, Nebraska and raised in Chadron. He was a successful businessman working in the real estate and insurance business as well as organizing the Coffee Cattle Company. He served as a lieutenant in the Army Air Corp during World War I. He was a Congressman for his home state from 1935 to 1943. In 1942 he lost his bid to become a United States Senator so he re-entered private business where he was president of both the Union Stockyard Company and the South Omaha Terminal Railway Company. During his presidencies, he is credited with helping make the Omaha stockyards the largest market in the world, surpassing Chicago in 1951. (bio by: Bigwoo) Search Amazon for Harry Coffee

Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park Omaha Douglas County Nebraska, USA
Maintained by: Find A Grave Record added: Oct 18, 2000 Find A Grave Memorial# 13077