Thelma M. McElhaney Coffman
Thelma M. Mcelhaney Coffman, age 89, of Coraopolis, Pa., formerly of Connellsville, Pa., and South Connellsville, Pa., went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 20, 2004, in Sewickley Valley Hospital.
She was born December 12, 1915, in Morgantown, West Virginia, daughter of Frank and Mary Havner McElhaney.
Mrs. Coffman attended Connellsville High School.
Prior to her marriage she worked for five years at Anchor Hocking and she then worked for 30 years as the custodian of Albright United Methodist Church in South Connellsville.
She was a 74-year member of Albright United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Ever Faithful Sunday School Class and the Women’s Society.
She was a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.
She is survived by three children: Dorene Provance and her companion, Edward Miller, of Dunbar, Pa., Donald L. Coffman and his wife, Mary, of Palm Springs, California, and Connie Work of Moon Township, Pa., with whom she resided; 14 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
She was predeceased by her husband, Hobart Lewis Coffman in 1968, a grandson, Darren Provance, a great-grandson, Daryl Provance, three sisters, Frances Smith, Wanetta McElhaney and Vera I. McElhaney, two brothers, Franklin McElhaney and Donald McElhaney (who was killed in World War II) and her parents.
Friends will be received in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 EAST GREEN STREET, CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Additional viewing will take place on Thursday, December 23, in Albright United Methodist Church, South Connellsville, Pa., from Noon until 1 p.m., the hour of Services with the Rev. Dr. Byron Tate Fulton and the Rev. Dr. Marvin Watson officiating.
Interment will follow in Green Ridge Memorial Park, Pennsville, Pa.
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