Obituary, Banner Graphic, Greencastle, Putnam Co., IN
Pauline Coffey, 89, Owensboro, Ky. and Stuart, Fla., died Thursday at Wellington Parc, Owensboro.
Born in Cloverdale, she was the daughter of Henry Hoffa and Nellie Zenor Hoffa.
She had retired as an administrative assistant at IBM Corp. in Greencastle, and was a member of Wesleyan Heights United Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include a daughter, Betty Barnard, Owensboro; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Lloyd Coffey.
Services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at James H. Davis Funeral Home Chapel, Owensboro.
Graveside services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Cloverdale Cemetery.
Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at James H. Davis Funeral Home.
Given the recent insulting remarks about conservative Americans by James Hoffa, current "president" of the Teamsters unions, and son of the convicted union thug James Riddle Hoffa, I thought it might be interesting to find out how Pauline Hoffa Coffey might be related to that family.
Pauline was a daughter of Henry and Nellie L. Zenor Hoffa. Henry was a son of Isaac R. & Nancy Parthenia Turner Hoffa. Isaac was a son of John and Ann Hoffa. Jacob Hoffa was an older brother to Isaac and married a lady by the name of Nancy J. c1871 in IN. One of their children was John Cleveland Hoffa who married Viola Riddle. Their son was James "Jimmy" Riddle Hoffa. Pauline and Jimmy were therefore second cousins.
Except for John Hoffa who was born c1818 in PA, all the others were natives of Indiana.
Forgot to mention that Lloyd Coffey is in the Chesley Coffey line.
