Dewey O. Coffey
Oct. 14, 1925-May 13, 1981
Niles Daily Star, Friday, May 15, 1981, page 2 col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library
Dewey Coffey, 55, formerly of Niles, died at 6 a.m. Wednesday in Waxachachie, Texas following a lengthy illness.
He had been employed as a programmer-analyst for Tyler Refrigeration. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army.
He was married in 1957 in Plainwell to Janet Crane, who survives.
Also surviving is his mother, Mrs. Madeline Coffey of Mecosta.
He was a member of the Eaton Rapids Masonic Lodge.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Pifer-Smtih Funeral Home in Niles.
Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 18, 1981, page 2 col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Dewey O. Coffey, 55, of 2435 Rebecca Lane, Niles, died Wednesday at 6 a.m. at Waxachachie, Texas after a short illness.
A programmer analyst with Tyler Refrigeration Co. in Waxachachie, Coffey was a member of Eaton Rapids Lodge No. 63 F & AM. He was born Oct. 14, 1925 in Eaton Rapids. On Feb. 16, 1957, in Plainwell, he married Janet Crane, who survives.
Also surviving is his mother, Mrs. Madeline Coffey of Mecosta.
Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. David Henderson of Westminster United Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will take place at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Michigan Heart Fund.