COFFING, Ordin
Source: Unknown newspaper - article found in scrapbook of obituaries collected by Fauniel Hershberger, - typed by: GA
Veedersburg, Ind. - Ordin M. Coffing, 69, of Veedersburg Route 4, died at 2:15 a.m. Thursday (June 14, 1973) at the Williamsport Community Hospital. He had been a patient two days and had been ill four months. Born March 6, 1904, in Fountain County, he was the son of Frederich A. and Nannie Houts Coffing. He married Emily Logee Sept. 7, 1933, who survives. He had formerly resided in Williamsport for 35 years and had been a resident of Veedersburg and Punta Gorda; Fla., for the past three years. He attended school at Rob Roy and Attica. Mr. Coffing was a parts man at International Harvester Co. in Williamsport for several years and was later a bulk truck driver for the Farm Bureau at Williamsport. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Rocky Dale Chapter Order of Eastern Star of which he was past patron, both of Williamsport. Other survivors include two sons, Ronald of Attica and Terry of Veedersburg Route 4; his father and stepmother Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Coffing of Attica; a sister, Mrs. Freda Zukowski of Alvin, Ill.; a half brother, Fred L. Coffing of Attica; and eight grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Dale Maus Funeral Home in Attica, with burial in Osborne Prairie Cemetery near Stone Bluff. Friends will be received after 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Source: Covington Friend Wednesday, June 20, 1973
Ordin M. Coffing, 69, Rt. 4, Veedersburg, died 2:15 a.m. Thursday at Community Hospital, Williamsport. He had been in ill health four months and hospitalized two days.
He was born in Fountain County on March 6, 1904, the son of Frederick and Nannie Houts Coffing. He formerly lived in Williamsport for 35 years and was a resident of Rt. 4, Veedersburg and Ponda Gorda, Fla., the past three years. On Sept. 7, 1933, in Danville, Ill., he was married to Emily Logee, who survives. He attended Rob Roy and Attica schools and had been employed as a parts man at International Harvester at Williamsport, and also drove a bulk truck for the Williamsport Farm Bureau. He was a member of the Williamsport Masonic Lodge and Rocky Dale Chapter of OES, of which he was a Past Patron.
Surviving with the wife are two sons, Ronald Coffing, Attica; Terry Coffing, Rt. 4, Veedersburg; his father and step mother, Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Coffing, Attica; one sister, Mrs. Frieda Zukowski, Alvin, Ill.; one half brother, Fred L. Coffing, Attica. Eight grandchildren also survive.
Friends may call at the Dale Maus Funeral Home in Attica after 6 p.m. Friday. Services will be held there in the Chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Osborne Prairie Cemetery. – thanks to S
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