Janet E. Coffey
April 19, 1933-Feb. 11, 2006
Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 13, 2006, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Janet E. Coffey, 72, of Rebeca[sic] Lane, Niles, died suddenly of natural causes, at 8:30 am. on Saturday, Feb. 11, at her home.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Halbritter Funeral Home, in Niles, with Pastor Barbara Wirt of Westminster Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, in Niles.
Family will receive friends on Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Funeral Home.
On April 19, 1933,in Plainwell, she was born to Charles B. Crane and Frances M. Boulter and lived in Niles since 1956, coming from Plainwell. She graduated from Plainwell High School, the class of 1951.
After many years of service, she retired from Simplicity Pattern Company. She was a very active member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, where she served as Deacon and in the Good Grief Group, volunteered at Love Inc. and at Meals on Wheels and was devoted to her family, friends and to strangers.
In Plainwell, she married Dewey O. Coffey, who preceded her in death on May 13, 1981.
Her surviving family includes her sister, Delores L. Cosgrove, of South end, Ind.; her nephews, David (Deena) Cosgrove, of Granger, Ind. and Terry (Holly) Cosgrove, of Montross, Va.; her niece. Susan (Thomas) Collier, of Indianapolis, Ind. and six great-nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions, in her memory, may be made to the Berrien County Animal Shelter.
Arrangements were by Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.