MRS. ROBERT C. COFFEY
Surgeon’s widow dies Wednesday
DEATH SUMMONS PORTLAND MATRON
Mrs. Robert C. Coffey to Be Buried Today
Mrs. Robert C. Coffey, 70, for many years a leader in Portland social and cultural life, died early Wednesday at the Coffey Memorial hospital, founded by her late husband. Dr. Coffey was killed November 9, 1933, in Portland’s worst air disaster.
Mrs. Coffey was the mother of Dr. Jay R. Coffey and Wilson B. Coffey of Portland and of Dr. Robert M. Coffey of Juneau, Alaska.
Rites Due Today
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M. today in the chapel of A. J. Rose & Son, followed by private commitment in the family plot in Riverview cemetery. Dr. J. Hudson Ballard will conduct the service.
Mrs. Coffey, born Clarice Allen Coffey, was a native of North Carolina. She was married to Dr. Coffey, a distant relative, in 1893 at Junction City, Kan., and went with her husband to Moscow, Idaho, where he then was practicing. The moved to Portland in 1898.
Clubs See Work
Mrs. Coffey was a charter member of the Portland Garden club and of the Town club. She also served actively for many years as a member of the board of directors of the Boys’ and Girls’ Aid society.
Surviving relatives include two brothers, Finley H. Coffey of Lenoir, N. C. and Daniel S. Coffey of St. Paul Minn.
[The Oregonian, 2 Mar 1939, p10]
Surgeon’s widow dies Wednesday
DEATH SUMMONS PORTLAND MATRON
Mrs. Robert C. Coffey to Be Buried Today
Mrs. Robert C. Coffey, 70, for many years a leader in Portland social and cultural life, died early Wednesday at the Coffey Memorial hospital, founded by her late husband. Dr. Coffey was killed November 9, 1933, in Portland’s worst air disaster.
Mrs. Coffey was the mother of Dr. Jay R. Coffey and Wilson B. Coffey of Portland and of Dr. Robert M. Coffey of Juneau, Alaska.
Rites Due Today
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M. today in the chapel of A. J. Rose & Son, followed by private commitment in the family plot in Riverview cemetery. Dr. J. Hudson Ballard will conduct the service.
Mrs. Coffey, born Clarice Allen Coffey, was a native of North Carolina. She was married to Dr. Coffey, a distant relative, in 1893 at Junction City, Kan., and went with her husband to Moscow, Idaho, where he then was practicing. The moved to Portland in 1898.
Clubs See Work
Mrs. Coffey was a charter member of the Portland Garden club and of the Town club. She also served actively for many years as a member of the board of directors of the Boys’ and Girls’ Aid society.
Surviving relatives include two brothers, Finley H. Coffey of Lenoir, N. C. and Daniel S. Coffey of St. Paul Minn.
[The Oregonian, 2 Mar 1939, p10]
MRS. ROBERT C. COFFEY
Surgeon’s widow dies Wednesday
DEATH SUMMONS PORTLAND MATRON
Mrs. Robert C. Coffey to Be Buried Today
Mrs. Robert C. Coffey, 70, for many years a leader in Portland social and cultural life, died early Wednesday at the Coffey Memorial hospital, founded by her late husband. Dr. Coffey was killed November 9, 1933, in Portland’s worst air disaster.
Mrs. Coffey was the mother of Dr. Jay R. Coffey and Wilson B. Coffey of Portland and of Dr. Robert M. Coffey of Juneau, Alaska.
Rites Due Today
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M. today in the chapel of A. J. Rose & Son, followed by private commitment in the family plot in Riverview cemetery. Dr. J. Hudson Ballard will conduct the service.
Mrs. Coffey, born Clarice Allen Coffey, was a native of North Carolina. She was married to Dr. Coffey, a distant relative, in 1893 at Junction City, Kan., and went with her husband to Moscow, Idaho, where he then was practicing. The moved to Portland in 1898.
Clubs See Work
Mrs. Coffey was a charter member of the Portland Garden club and of the Town club. She also served actively for many years as a member of the board of directors of the Boys’ and Girls’ Aid society.
Surviving relatives include two brothers, Finley H. Coffey of Lenoir, N. C. and Daniel S. Coffey of St. Paul Minn.
[The Oregonian, 2 Mar 1939, p10]
Surgeon’s widow dies Wednesday
DEATH SUMMONS PORTLAND MATRON
Mrs. Robert C. Coffey to Be Buried Today
Mrs. Robert C. Coffey, 70, for many years a leader in Portland social and cultural life, died early Wednesday at the Coffey Memorial hospital, founded by her late husband. Dr. Coffey was killed November 9, 1933, in Portland’s worst air disaster.
Mrs. Coffey was the mother of Dr. Jay R. Coffey and Wilson B. Coffey of Portland and of Dr. Robert M. Coffey of Juneau, Alaska.
Rites Due Today
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M. today in the chapel of A. J. Rose & Son, followed by private commitment in the family plot in Riverview cemetery. Dr. J. Hudson Ballard will conduct the service.
Mrs. Coffey, born Clarice Allen Coffey, was a native of North Carolina. She was married to Dr. Coffey, a distant relative, in 1893 at Junction City, Kan., and went with her husband to Moscow, Idaho, where he then was practicing. The moved to Portland in 1898.
Clubs See Work
Mrs. Coffey was a charter member of the Portland Garden club and of the Town club. She also served actively for many years as a member of the board of directors of the Boys’ and Girls’ Aid society.
Surviving relatives include two brothers, Finley H. Coffey of Lenoir, N. C. and Daniel S. Coffey of St. Paul Minn.
[The Oregonian, 2 Mar 1939, p10]
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