Date of Birth: 4 Mar 1891 Johnson County
Date of Death: 23 Dec 1971 Franklin
Source: Franklin Daily Journal, Franklin, IN, December 23, 1971
Esta Coffman dies at 80, early Thursday morning
Mrs. Esta Coffman, 80, Franklin, died early
Thursday morning at Johnson County Memorial
Hospital eight hours after her admission.
She was a patient at National Nursing Home in
Franklin and had been ill since March 1969.
Born March 4, 1891 in Johnson County to
Thomas Batton and the former Ella Coy, she
was educated in Johnson County rural schools.
She married George Coffman in 1907. He
preceded her in death September 23, 1970.
Mrs. Coffman was a member of Tabernacle
Christian Church in Franklin, Franklin chapter
of Eastern Star, Daughters of the American
Revolution, and the Walnut Street Club.
A daughter, Mrs. Doris McLean, Boulder,
Colorado, a son, Maurice Coffman, Zionsville,
two grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren
survive.
Also surviving are a brother, Sam Batton,
Franklin, and five sisters: Mrs. Mary Oakes,
Mrs. Edith Hoskins, both of Franklin; Mrs.
Katherine Kern, Greenwood; Mrs. Ida Pierce,
Bargersville; Mrs. Mabel Long, New Castle;
and Mrs. Carrie Bates, Florida.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at
Vandivier-Parsley Funeral Home in Franklin
with Rev. Myron Kauffman officiating.
Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after
2 p.m. Sunday.
Submitted by Mark E. Wirey