Paul G. Coffinger
Feb. 6, 1926-Feb. 15, 1996
Paul Glen Coffinger, 70, of 1427 Ferry St., died of natural causes at 8:30 p.m. Thursday Feb. 15, 1996, in Lakeland Medical Center. Mr. Coffinger was a retired factory worker. He was born Feb. 6, 1926, in Niles. On Dec. 18, 1974, in Niles, he married Rosemary P. Gross. She survives with six daughters, Treasa Wetzel of Corona, Calif., Debby Wolf, Peggy Benjamin, Rosemarie Benjamin and Paula Coffinger, all of Niles, Anna Cooke of Buchanan; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Ann Howard of Cassopolis and June Messeros of South Bend; and a brother, Russell of Niles. A son, Rusty, died May 23, 1995. He was a World War II veteran.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.