Harry C. Coffeen, 844 North East Ave., Oak Park, president of the Alumni Association of the University of Illinois lost his life in Lake Michigan, off Waverly Beach, near Valparaiso, Indiana, when the canoe which he was paddling overturned.
Mr. Coffeen was a prominent athlete at the University of Illinois, being captain of the track team and a member of the football team. He was a member of the class of 1898.
Following his graduation, he taught engineering at Illinois, later at the University of Pennsylvania and at Armour Institute. Since 1911 he had been in the insurance business.
Mr. Coffeen always has been active in alumni affairs. In 1922 he was the Democratic nominee for trustee of the state university. He was a member of Tau Beta Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, and the University Club of Chicago.
Harry Coffeen was the beloved husband of Ida Felkner Coffeen and brother of Amy and Frederick G. Coffeen. Funeral services at Graceland chapel. Interment Graceland.
Source: Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep 1924
(A later news account reported that it was found that Mr. Coffeen actually died of a stroke and was probably already dead when he fell in the water)
In Memory of Harry Clay Coffeen:
It was with the deepest regret that the faculty and alumni of the Armour Institute of Technology heard of the passing of Harry Clay Coffeen. For nearly ten years he was associated with the Armour Institute and for those same ten years he was ever a man who was loved by all. He was a large man in every sense of the word, making our troubles his troubles, our problems his problems, and our work his work. Yet never once did we find him coming to us with his sorrows, many that he had. He was a man whose life was rounded and so molded that everyone admired and loved his every move. So now these same who so loved him pause and breath, "There was a man!"
(from the Armour Institute of Technology-Cycle Yearbook, Class of 1925, Chicago, IL)
Mr. Coffeen was a prominent athlete at the University of Illinois, being captain of the track team and a member of the football team. He was a member of the class of 1898.
Following his graduation, he taught engineering at Illinois, later at the University of Pennsylvania and at Armour Institute. Since 1911 he had been in the insurance business.
Mr. Coffeen always has been active in alumni affairs. In 1922 he was the Democratic nominee for trustee of the state university. He was a member of Tau Beta Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, and the University Club of Chicago.
Harry Coffeen was the beloved husband of Ida Felkner Coffeen and brother of Amy and Frederick G. Coffeen. Funeral services at Graceland chapel. Interment Graceland.
Source: Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep 1924
(A later news account reported that it was found that Mr. Coffeen actually died of a stroke and was probably already dead when he fell in the water)
In Memory of Harry Clay Coffeen:
It was with the deepest regret that the faculty and alumni of the Armour Institute of Technology heard of the passing of Harry Clay Coffeen. For nearly ten years he was associated with the Armour Institute and for those same ten years he was ever a man who was loved by all. He was a large man in every sense of the word, making our troubles his troubles, our problems his problems, and our work his work. Yet never once did we find him coming to us with his sorrows, many that he had. He was a man whose life was rounded and so molded that everyone admired and loved his every move. So now these same who so loved him pause and breath, "There was a man!"
(from the Armour Institute of Technology-Cycle Yearbook, Class of 1925, Chicago, IL)
Harry C. Coffeen, 844 North East Ave., Oak Park, president of the Alumni Association of the University of Illinois lost his life in Lake Michigan, off Waverly Beach, near Valparaiso, Indiana, when the canoe which he was paddling overturned.
Mr. Coffeen was a prominent athlete at the University of Illinois, being captain of the track team and a member of the football team. He was a member of the class of 1898.
Following his graduation, he taught engineering at Illinois, later at the University of Pennsylvania and at Armour Institute. Since 1911 he had been in the insurance business.
Mr. Coffeen always has been active in alumni affairs. In 1922 he was the Democratic nominee for trustee of the state university. He was a member of Tau Beta Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, and the University Club of Chicago.
Harry Coffeen was the beloved husband of Ida Felkner Coffeen and brother of Amy and Frederick G. Coffeen. Funeral services at Graceland chapel. Interment Graceland.
Source: Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep 1924
(A later news account reported that it was found that Mr. Coffeen actually died of a stroke and was probably already dead when he fell in the water)
In Memory of Harry Clay Coffeen:
It was with the deepest regret that the faculty and alumni of the Armour Institute of Technology heard of the passing of Harry Clay Coffeen. For nearly ten years he was associated with the Armour Institute and for those same ten years he was ever a man who was loved by all. He was a large man in every sense of the word, making our troubles his troubles, our problems his problems, and our work his work. Yet never once did we find him coming to us with his sorrows, many that he had. He was a man whose life was rounded and so molded that everyone admired and loved his every move. So now these same who so loved him pause and breath, "There was a man!"
(from the Armour Institute of Technology-Cycle Yearbook, Class of 1925, Chicago, IL)
Mr. Coffeen was a prominent athlete at the University of Illinois, being captain of the track team and a member of the football team. He was a member of the class of 1898.
Following his graduation, he taught engineering at Illinois, later at the University of Pennsylvania and at Armour Institute. Since 1911 he had been in the insurance business.
Mr. Coffeen always has been active in alumni affairs. In 1922 he was the Democratic nominee for trustee of the state university. He was a member of Tau Beta Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, and the University Club of Chicago.
Harry Coffeen was the beloved husband of Ida Felkner Coffeen and brother of Amy and Frederick G. Coffeen. Funeral services at Graceland chapel. Interment Graceland.
Source: Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep 1924
(A later news account reported that it was found that Mr. Coffeen actually died of a stroke and was probably already dead when he fell in the water)
In Memory of Harry Clay Coffeen:
It was with the deepest regret that the faculty and alumni of the Armour Institute of Technology heard of the passing of Harry Clay Coffeen. For nearly ten years he was associated with the Armour Institute and for those same ten years he was ever a man who was loved by all. He was a large man in every sense of the word, making our troubles his troubles, our problems his problems, and our work his work. Yet never once did we find him coming to us with his sorrows, many that he had. He was a man whose life was rounded and so molded that everyone admired and loved his every move. So now these same who so loved him pause and breath, "There was a man!"
(from the Armour Institute of Technology-Cycle Yearbook, Class of 1925, Chicago, IL)
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