Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries
Coffin
Obituaries
Coffin
The Shelbyville News
Monday, January 08, 2001
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Anna Marie Coffin, 86, Shelbyville, died Jan. 5.Monday, January 08, 2001
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Born Nov. 17, 1914, in Pittsboro, d/o Frank A. and Anne (Hegarty) Zerr. She married Frank A. Coffin on June 14, 1938, and he preceded her in death on Dec. 19, 1974.
Survivors include two sons, Richard N. Coffin, Batesville, and John M. Coffin, Shelbyville; two daughters, Mrs. Allen (Patricia) A. Hearn, Greer, S.C., and Mary Elaine Eads, Shelbyville; one sister, Barbara Milem, Port Edward, Wis.; and six grandchildren.
Preceded in death by one sister and two brothers.
Formerly lived in Kokomo and Canada but spent most of her life in Shelbyville.
1932 graduate of St. Joseph Catholic School; and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Anne’s Alter Society, Daughters of Isabella and the Villagers. Meals on Wheels.
St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev. Paul Landwerlin officiating.
Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
Carmony-Ewing Broadway Funeral Home.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Monday, January 08, 2001
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Born Feb. 8, 1939, in Indianapolis, s/o Donald and Florence (Rubish) Mann. Married Mary M. Ziese on June 28, 1958, and she survives.
Other survivors include six sons: Bill Mann, Brownsburg, Joe Mann, Speedway, Mike Mann, Monck’s Corner, S.C., George Mann, Fountaintown, Frank Mann, Greenfield, and Kevin Mann, Trafalgar; three brothers: Don Mann, Indianapolis, Tom Mann, North Vernon, and Dennis Mann, Greenfield; one sister, Carol Hooker, Indianapolis; his stepmother, Geneva Mann, Indianapolis; three stepsisters: Pat Kimberlin and Janice Flora, both of Indianapolis, and Sharon McCully, California; and 11 grandchildren.
Graduated from Warren Central High School and Ivy Tech State College as a tool and die engineer.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a machine repairman for Navistar, Indianapolis, for 25 years, retiring in 1992.
Erlewein Mortuary, Greenfield, with the Rev. Mark Clark officiating. br>Burial Memorial Park Cemetery, Indianapolis.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Shelbyville News
Saturday, October 7, 1967
Page 4 column 2
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Mrs. Coffin Dies At 90
Rites Monday For Shelbyville Woman
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Burial Odd Fellows Cemetery at Alexandria.
Resided in Shelbyville for most of the past 3 years and was a member of the Christian Church.
Born in Worthington June 8, 1877, d/o George and Mary (Browning) Whetstone. Married Arthur A. Coffin on Dec. 28, 1898, and he died on Feb. 28, 1930.
Surviving are two sons, George Coffin of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Frank Coffin of Shelbyville, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Rushville Republican
Rushville, Rush County, Indiana
Tuesday, August 18, 1903
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Mrs. Melvina Coffin, of Franklin, was buried at the Friends' church, Friday morning. She leaves two sons and two daughters, Cyrus and Edwin Coffin, and Mrs. J. W. Northam and Mrs. Albert McMichael.
Contributed by Karen Pruett
Notes: Melvina Trees was born December 28, 1832, in Indiana. She died August 1903, in Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. She married Milton Coffin July 13, 1860, in Shelby County, Indiana..
The Hancock Democrat
Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana
Thursday, July 20, 1899
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Deaths.
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Elihu Coffin, aged 82 years, at his late home near Westland, at 11 o'clock a.m. Friday, July 14, of peritonitis. Services conducted by Rev. J. O. Binford at Western Grove church Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Interment at Westland cemetery. Eshelman & Newsom, Funeral Directors.Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana
Thursday, July 20, 1899
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Deaths.
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Contributed by Karen Pruett
Note: Elihu was born February 24, 1817, s/o Moses and Phebe Ann Leonard Coffin, in North Carolina. He married Nancy Jessup February 21, 1838, in Rush County, Indiana.
The Franklin Democrat
Friday, December 29, 1893
Volume XXXIV, Number 25
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Leven Coffin, aged about seventy years, died at his home near Shelbyville, of kidney trouble on Monday. He had been seriously ill only for a few days. His funeral occurred Wednesday; the services were conducted by Rev. S. W. McNaughton of this city.Friday, December 29, 1893
Volume XXXIV, Number 25
Page 1 column 4
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Contributed by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry
