Date of birth: 26 Dec 1880 Bartholomew County, Indiana
Date of death: 21 Sep 1976 Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Source: Franklin Daily Journal, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana September 22, 1976
Jacob Coffman rites Thursday
Jacob Coffman, 29 West South Street,
Franklin, a retired farmer and restaurant
owner, died Tuesday afternoon at the
Johnson County Memorial Hospital at
the age of 95.
He was born in Bartholomew County
on December 26, 1880; the son of Young
and Elizabeth (Goetz) Coffman and was
educated in the Nineveh schools.
On Jan. 13, 1906, he was married in
Nineveh to Stella E. Tearman, who sur-
vives at their home.
Other survivors include three sons;
Paul, Greenwood; Lawrence and Mark,
both of Franklin; a brother, William A.
Coffman of Franklin; and a sister, Mrs.
Eva Dunham, Indianapolis.
Ten grandchildren, 28 great-grand-
children and three great-great-grand-
children also survive. He was preceded
in death by a son, Lloyd.
Mr. Coffman was a member of the
Nineveh Christian Church and a 50-
year member of the Nineveh Masonic
Lodge.
Funeral services will be held on
Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Flinn and
Maguire Funeral Home with burial in
Greenlawn Cemetery. Rev. Cecil
Parkhurst will conduct the services.
Masonic rites will be held at
7 p.m. this evening.
Friends may call at the funeral
home today from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Submitted by Mark E. Wirey
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