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Mary Louise Coffield

Birth	:	20 Jan 1872 Calhoun County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	19 Jul 1939 Carroll, Carroll County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Coon Prairie Cemetery, Westby, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.6306900, -90.8534900
Description	:	Mary was the daughter of Benjamin W Coffield and Amanda Jane Andrews. She was a teacher. July 19, 1939 - Carroll Daily - Miss Mary Louise Coffield, sister of Mrs. L.G. Patty, with whom she had made her home for the last eight years, died about 4:30 Wednesday morning at the St. Anthony Hospital after a brief illness of pneumonia. Miss Coffield, who had been in poor health for a long period of years had been ill of influenza and a cold at Mrs. Patty's home for about six weeks. Pneumonia developed during the day Tuesday, and she was taken at... Read More	Mary was the daughter of Benjamin W Coffield and Amanda Jane Andrews. She was a teacher. July 19, 1939 - Carroll Daily - Miss Mary Louise Coffield, sister of Mrs. L.G. Patty, with whom she had made her home for the last eight years, died about 4:30 Wednesday morning at the St. Anthony Hospital after a brief illness of pneumonia. Miss Coffield, who had been in poor health for a long period of years had been ill of influenza and a cold at Mrs. Patty's home for about six weeks. Pneumonia developed during the day Tuesday, and she was taken at 5 o'clock that afternoon to the hospital, where her death occurred about twelve hours later. She was sixty-seven years old. Miss Coffield was well known in Carroll and the surrounding community, having spent virtually all of her life in Carroll County and the northern part of Audubon County. The body is resting at the Huffman Funeral home, where it will remain until the time of the funeral services. Rites will be held at 2:30 Friday afternoon at the Huffman Funeral Home, with the Rev. W.F. Clayburg, minister of the Methodist Church, officiating, and burial will be in the family lot in the Carroll Cemetery. Mary Louise Coffield was born on a farm, known as the old Robert Mulloy estate, Jan. 20, 1872, a daughter of Benjamin W. and Amanda Jane Coffield, who had come to Carroll County from Belmont county, Ohio in 1870. Miss Coffield was only a baby when her parents came to a farm on the Nishnabotna River 14 miles south of Carroll, and 3 miles south of where the town of Templeton was begun about 12 years later. In 1891 the family moved from Carroll county to a farm in Audubon county not far from Coon Rapids, where they were residing when Miss Coffields father died in 1913. After her fathers death Miss Coffeild and her mother stayed at the Patty home here intermittantly until about 8 years ago, when they came to make their home with Mrs Patty. Mrs Coffield died June 24, 1838, at the age of 88. With the exception of the years spent at Mrs. Patty's home here, Miss Coffield lived in the Templeton and Dedham communities all of her life. She attended the Shenandoah Normal School and taught in the Dedham vicinity for many years, continuing to teach as long as her health permitted. Miss Coffield was one of a family of 6 children, of whom her sister Mrs Patty is the only survivor. The other children were twin brothers and a sister who died in infancy, and a brother Fred who passed away in 1911. Miss Coffield also leaves one niece, Mrs. Harold Bohnenkamp, formerly Miss Maude Patty, of Sioux City. Mr. and Mrs. Bohnenkamp were here when Miss Coffield died, having arrived Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. V.C. Duvall, cousins of Ames, will also be here for the funeral services. Miss Coffield waa a member of the Evangelical Church at Viola Center, with which she was united many years ago. July 22, 1939 - Carroll Daily - Funeral services, for Miss Mary Louise Coffield, who passed away early Wednesday morning, were held at 2:30 Friday afternoon at the Huffman Funeral Home, with the Rev. W.P. Clayburg, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiating. The musical part of the services consisted of the hymn, "The Old Rugged Cross," sung by Miss Wilma Mohler, Mrs. R.H Lott, Dr. E.W. Martin, and L.E. Sweany, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. John Seeden. Burial was in the family lot in the Carroll Cemetery, with Abner Strohm, Frank Beiter, Louis J. Kelly, R. M. Moelin, Warren K Clark, and D.W. Hanssen serving as pallbearers. Out-of-town relatives at the rites were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bohnenkamp of Sioux City and Mr. and Mrs. V.C. Duvall of Ames. Many friends from the Coon Rapids and Dedham communties were present. The large number including Fred Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. C. Yager, Mr. and Mrs. Weeks and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Schultes and family, Mr. and Mrs. Stone and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, Miss Grace Griffin, Mrs. Pooler, Mrs. Clarence Bowman and family, Mrs. Kate Scott, Miss Arabelle Mulloy, Miss Jennie Evans, J.W. Davis and Charles Tucker.

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Where is Mary Louise Coffield's memorial?
Mary Louise Coffield's memorial is located at: Coon Prairie Cemetery, Westby, Vernon County, USA.
When did Mary Louise Coffield death?
Mary Louise Coffield death on 19 Jul 1939 in Carroll, Carroll County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.6306900
Longitude: -90.8534900

Family Members:

Parent

Benjamin W Coffield

(1843 - 1913)

Amanda Jane Andrews Coffield

(1849 - 1938)

Siblings

Josephine Ann Coffield Patty

(1869 - 1945)

Fred A Coffield

(1886 - 1911)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Coon Prairie Cemetery
Westby, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6306900, -90.8534900

2. Pleasant View Cemetery
Westby, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6539000, -90.8250000

3. Bethesda Cemetery
Bloomingdale, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6460991, -90.8142014

4. Unseth Cemetery
Westby, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6505200, -90.8896400

5. Our Saviours Cemetery
Westby, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6680984, -90.8527985

6. Asbury Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
Viroqua, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5924400, -90.8338600

7. Asbury Union Methodist Cemetery
Viroqua, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5924090, -90.8295480

8. Vernon County Poor Farm and Asylum Cemetery
Viroqua, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5816030, -90.8789490

9. Bloomingdale Cemetery
Bloomingdale, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6426000, -90.7771000

10. Rasmussen Family Plot
Westby, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6827800, -90.8910900

11. Sisbach Family Cemetery
Coon Valley, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6605500, -90.9459800

12. Bethel Lutheran Church Cemetery
Viroqua, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6016197, -90.9495850

13. Pioneer Cemetery
Viroqua, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5598000, -90.8904000

14. White Cemetery
Viroqua, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5532990, -90.8630981

15. Springville Cemetery
Springville, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5852100, -90.9413100

16. Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery
Esofea, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6671700, -90.9508500

17. Viroqua Cemetery
Viroqua, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5512600, -90.8837900

18. Bethany Church Cemetery
Esofea, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6318400, -90.9676800

19. Salem Ridge Cemetery
Avalanche, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6111000, -90.7401600

20. Sugar Grove Cemetery
Bloomingdale, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6566000, -90.7423000

21. North Coon Prairie Lutheran Church and Cemetery
Westby, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.7118000, -90.8169000

22. White Cemetery
Viroqua, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5476303, -90.8100510

23. Brush Hollow Cemetery
Webster, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5625000, -90.7746964

24. Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery
Viroqua, Vernon County, USA
Coordinate: 43.6065100, -90.9794900