Ninth Generation

14451. Horace Otha Coffee Jr. was born on 30 June 1913 in Miami, Roberts Co., TX.^23504,39777 Horace died at home at 1010 Orange in Abilene, Taylor Co., TX on 18 November 1949 of a coronary occlusion and was buried at Elmwood Memorial Park in Abilene, Taylor Co., TX on 20 November 1949 .^{39778,39779,39780}

Sunday Morning, Nov. 20, 1949 [Probably Amarillo, TX]

Funeral Today for Horace O. Coffee

Funeral for Horace O. Coffee, 36, will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday in Kiker-Warren Chapel.

The Rev. Willis P. Gerhart, rector of the Heavenly Rest Episcopal Church, and Homer Hailey, minister of the Church of Christ, will officiate. Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park under direction of Kiker-Warren Funeral Home.

Born in Miami, Tex., June 30, 1913, Mr. Coffee came to Abilene in 1925 from Globe, Ariz. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942. After discharge he moved to El Cajon, Calif., entering the auto business.

He retired a few months ago due to ill health and moved here. He died Friday.

Survivors are his widow, two daughters, Barbara, 8, and Carol Jane, 6. his mother, Mrs. C. H. Jones; and a sister, Mrs. M. L. Denman, both of Abilene.

Horace Otha Coffee Jr. and Jane Allen Shindler were married on 11 February 1939 in Ardmore, Carter Co., OK.³⁹⁷⁸¹ They³⁹⁷⁸¹ appeared in the census on 19 April 1940 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX.³⁹⁷⁸² Jane Allen Shindler, daughter of James Thomas Shindler and Louise Osborne, was born on 29 December 1917 in Hempstead, Waller Co., TX. Jane resided with her parents in Waller Co., TX on 13 January 1920. She lived with her parents in Hempstead, Waller Co., TX on 10 April 1930. Jane died in Uvalde, Uvalde Co., TX on 16 February 1999 and was buried at Hempstead Cemetery in Hempstead, Waller Co., TX in February 1999 .³⁹⁷⁸³ A Memorial Service was held in Hempstead, Waller Co., TX at St. Bartholmews Episcopal Church on 13 March 1999.

Jane Shindler Crow, B.A., M.A., died on February 16, 1999, in Uvalde, Texas, at the age of 81. A retired teacher of choral music, piano, history, band, and Spanish, she met life's challenges with exuberance, vigor, and an unbroken spirit.

Born on December 29, 1917, to James Thomas Shindler and Louise Osborne Shindler of Hempstead, she attended public school, graduating first in her class before enrolling in Texas Women's University (then T.S.C.W.) to study music. She became the first in the history of her alma mater to complete a degree in three years and a summer, graduating with honors in 1937 at the age of nineteen.

For the next 35 years she enjoyed a varied and fulfilling professional life which included activities as diverse as conducting, a one-room school in California's Sierra foothills, teaching choral music to thousands of children enrolled in Houston's far-flung elementary schools, and completing a master's degree from Sam Houston State University in 1969. High school bands under her direction often won sweepstakes awards in both marching and concert. She coached one-act plays to UIL state competition as well. One of the high points of her career came when she saw her name in lights inside the Astrodome in honor of the Hempstead High School Band's performance there; another was composing the melody which later became Hempstead's official school song.

She devoted the years following her retirement in 1980 to travel, hobbies, and spending time with her family. Surviving are her husband, Richard Crow; two daughters, Barbara Merrill and Carol Coffee Reposa; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held at St. Bartholmew's Episcopal Church in Hempstead at 2:00 pm on March 13, 1999.

Horace Otha Coffee Jr. and Jane Allen Shindler had the following children: