Helena E "Lena" Onken Eldridge Coffel, daughter of Adolf Onken & his wife Anna Walters Onken

Lena 1st married 1923 Ezra Theodore Eldridge, son of James Frank Eldridge & his wife Esther Cora Jenkinson Eldridge

Son
Glenn A Eldridge

2nd wife & 2nd married 1941 Leslie M Coffel, son of James Coffel & his wife Viola Watts Coffel

Leslie 1st married 1913 Bernadean aka Bernadine Margaret Ahler Coffel

4 Sons & 2 Daughters of Leslie & Bernadine
Paul Leslie Coffel
James H Coffel
"Ray" Raymond Coffel
Ruth Coffel Huston
Phyllis Coffel Heyde
Mary H Coffel

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1920 Gilliam Twp, Jasper Co,IN - Onken, head Adolph 46 Germany (immigrated 1890 & both parents b Germany), wife Anna 46 IL (both parents b Germany), daughter Lena 23 IN (parents b Germany,IL), son Carl 22 IN, son Herman 20 IN, son Henry 17 IN, daughter Hilda 16 IN, son Arthur 15 IN, son William 13 IN, daughter Edna 10 IN, son Edward 10 IN, daughter Hazel 7 IN & son Walter 8 IN

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Helena E "Lena" Coffel, 94, Francesville, died at 9:05 a.m. Thursday in Pulaski Healthcare Center, where she had resided since 1989.

Born Sept 10, 1896, in Jasper County, she was the daughter of Adolf and Anna Walters Onken.

On Feb 9, 1923, she was married to Ezra Eldridge, who died March 28, 1927.

On Feb 22, 1941, in Lakeville, she was married to Leslie Coffel, who died May 12, 1976.

A homemaker, she had resided in Bremen from 1936 to 1979, when she returned to Francesville.

She was a member of the former Salem Evangelical Reform Church in Francesville. and attended Francesville First Baptist Church.

Surviving are one son, Glenn Eldridge, Francesville; one stepson, Raymond Coffel, Bremen; three stepdaughters, Ruth Huston, New Carlisle, Phyllis Heyde, Bremen, and Mary H Coffel, Plymouth; two sisters, Hilda Curwick, Monon, and Edna Dobbins, Francesville; two brothers, Edward and Walter Onken, both of Francesville; three grandchildren; 16 stepgrand-children; five great-grandchildren; 32 stepgreat-grandchildren; and four stepgreat-great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 11 am Saturday in Vollmer Funeral Home, with the Rev James Gabhart officiating. Burial will be in Roseland Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-9 pm today and from 8 am until the time of the services Saturday in the funeral home, Memorial contributions may be made to Pulaski Healthcare Center or Gideons International.

Logansport Pharos-Tribune
3 May 1991