"It's not life's mileage that kills you; it's those sudden stops that do the damage."
Memorial Services for Jack Kenneth Coffee will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2020 in the Chapel of Louisiana Funeral Services & Crematory, 108 Hardware Road, Broussard, LA. The family will receive visitors beginning at 12 noon until time of services at 2 PM. Full Military Honors will be bestowed immediately following the services by The United States Army. Burial will be private at Louisiana National Cemetery.
Jack K Coffee, age 80, died on October 22, 2020, in Sunset, LA. He was born December 1, 1939, in Baton Rouge, LA to Velma I. Roe, daughter of Archie A. and Lillian Smith Roe, who raised him. He retired in 1995 as a Senior Inspector at ExxonMobil where he began civilian life in 1968. While employed by ExxonMobil he had assignments in Saudi Arabia and in Singapore.
Jack served his country for more than eight years of active duty in the US Army and more than two years in the US Army Reserve, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was a school trained German linguist and served overseas in France and Germany. From 1966 to 1968 he was assigned to a unit along the East-West German border where he was responsible for interviewing East Germans who survived the crossing to the West.
He was married to his "Babe", Nelda Laurent Coffee in November 1959 shortly after entering the service. They were married for 60 years at their last anniversary. This union produced three children: Danel Coffee Macaluso Brodie and her husband Tom Brodie of The Woodlands, TX and her three children, Mark (Mackey), Anthony and Sarah; Stephen A. and his wife Suzanne Keigley Coffee of Fairview, TN and their children Brandon and Haley (Haley Belle); and Christopher L. and Nicole Broussard Coffee of Fort Mill, SC and their children Christopher Cole and Andrew.
In addition to his wife, children, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren, he is survived by a sister, Betty S. Talbert Faust and her children and grandchildren. Jack is also survived by several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his mother in 1966 and maternal grandparents, Archie in 1990 and Lillian in 1993.
In lieu of flowers donations are requested in memory of Jack Coffee to Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care Opelousas, 426 Heather Drive Opelousas, LA 70570. Check should be made payable to The Hospice Promise Foundation.
Memorial Services for Jack Kenneth Coffee will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2020 in the Chapel of Louisiana Funeral Services & Crematory, 108 Hardware Road, Broussard, LA. The family will receive visitors beginning at 12 noon until time of services at 2 PM. Full Military Honors will be bestowed immediately following the services by The United States Army. Burial will be private at Louisiana National Cemetery.
Jack K Coffee, age 80, died on October 22, 2020, in Sunset, LA. He was born December 1, 1939, in Baton Rouge, LA to Velma I. Roe, daughter of Archie A. and Lillian Smith Roe, who raised him. He retired in 1995 as a Senior Inspector at ExxonMobil where he began civilian life in 1968. While employed by ExxonMobil he had assignments in Saudi Arabia and in Singapore.
Jack served his country for more than eight years of active duty in the US Army and more than two years in the US Army Reserve, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was a school trained German linguist and served overseas in France and Germany. From 1966 to 1968 he was assigned to a unit along the East-West German border where he was responsible for interviewing East Germans who survived the crossing to the West.
He was married to his "Babe", Nelda Laurent Coffee in November 1959 shortly after entering the service. They were married for 60 years at their last anniversary. This union produced three children: Danel Coffee Macaluso Brodie and her husband Tom Brodie of The Woodlands, TX and her three children, Mark (Mackey), Anthony and Sarah; Stephen A. and his wife Suzanne Keigley Coffee of Fairview, TN and their children Brandon and Haley (Haley Belle); and Christopher L. and Nicole Broussard Coffee of Fort Mill, SC and their children Christopher Cole and Andrew.
In addition to his wife, children, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren, he is survived by a sister, Betty S. Talbert Faust and her children and grandchildren. Jack is also survived by several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his mother in 1966 and maternal grandparents, Archie in 1990 and Lillian in 1993.
In lieu of flowers donations are requested in memory of Jack Coffee to Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care Opelousas, 426 Heather Drive Opelousas, LA 70570. Check should be made payable to The Hospice Promise Foundation.
"It's not life's mileage that kills you; it's those sudden stops that do the damage."
Memorial Services for Jack Kenneth Coffee will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2020 in the Chapel of Louisiana Funeral Services & Crematory, 108 Hardware Road, Broussard, LA. The family will receive visitors beginning at 12 noon until time of services at 2 PM. Full Military Honors will be bestowed immediately following the services by The United States Army. Burial will be private at Louisiana National Cemetery.
Jack K Coffee, age 80, died on October 22, 2020, in Sunset, LA. He was born December 1, 1939, in Baton Rouge, LA to Velma I. Roe, daughter of Archie A. and Lillian Smith Roe, who raised him. He retired in 1995 as a Senior Inspector at ExxonMobil where he began civilian life in 1968. While employed by ExxonMobil he had assignments in Saudi Arabia and in Singapore.
Jack served his country for more than eight years of active duty in the US Army and more than two years in the US Army Reserve, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was a school trained German linguist and served overseas in France and Germany. From 1966 to 1968 he was assigned to a unit along the East-West German border where he was responsible for interviewing East Germans who survived the crossing to the West.
He was married to his "Babe", Nelda Laurent Coffee in November 1959 shortly after entering the service. They were married for 60 years at their last anniversary. This union produced three children: Danel Coffee Macaluso Brodie and her husband Tom Brodie of The Woodlands, TX and her three children, Mark (Mackey), Anthony and Sarah; Stephen A. and his wife Suzanne Keigley Coffee of Fairview, TN and their children Brandon and Haley (Haley Belle); and Christopher L. and Nicole Broussard Coffee of Fort Mill, SC and their children Christopher Cole and Andrew.
In addition to his wife, children, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren, he is survived by a sister, Betty S. Talbert Faust and her children and grandchildren. Jack is also survived by several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his mother in 1966 and maternal grandparents, Archie in 1990 and Lillian in 1993.
In lieu of flowers donations are requested in memory of Jack Coffee to Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care Opelousas, 426 Heather Drive Opelousas, LA 70570. Check should be made payable to The Hospice Promise Foundation.
Memorial Services for Jack Kenneth Coffee will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2020 in the Chapel of Louisiana Funeral Services & Crematory, 108 Hardware Road, Broussard, LA. The family will receive visitors beginning at 12 noon until time of services at 2 PM. Full Military Honors will be bestowed immediately following the services by The United States Army. Burial will be private at Louisiana National Cemetery.
Jack K Coffee, age 80, died on October 22, 2020, in Sunset, LA. He was born December 1, 1939, in Baton Rouge, LA to Velma I. Roe, daughter of Archie A. and Lillian Smith Roe, who raised him. He retired in 1995 as a Senior Inspector at ExxonMobil where he began civilian life in 1968. While employed by ExxonMobil he had assignments in Saudi Arabia and in Singapore.
Jack served his country for more than eight years of active duty in the US Army and more than two years in the US Army Reserve, attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was a school trained German linguist and served overseas in France and Germany. From 1966 to 1968 he was assigned to a unit along the East-West German border where he was responsible for interviewing East Germans who survived the crossing to the West.
He was married to his "Babe", Nelda Laurent Coffee in November 1959 shortly after entering the service. They were married for 60 years at their last anniversary. This union produced three children: Danel Coffee Macaluso Brodie and her husband Tom Brodie of The Woodlands, TX and her three children, Mark (Mackey), Anthony and Sarah; Stephen A. and his wife Suzanne Keigley Coffee of Fairview, TN and their children Brandon and Haley (Haley Belle); and Christopher L. and Nicole Broussard Coffee of Fort Mill, SC and their children Christopher Cole and Andrew.
In addition to his wife, children, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren, he is survived by a sister, Betty S. Talbert Faust and her children and grandchildren. Jack is also survived by several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his mother in 1966 and maternal grandparents, Archie in 1990 and Lillian in 1993.
In lieu of flowers donations are requested in memory of Jack Coffee to Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care Opelousas, 426 Heather Drive Opelousas, LA 70570. Check should be made payable to The Hospice Promise Foundation.
