Eighth Generation

12901. Beryl P. Coffey was born on 20 May 1897 in Wilson Twp., Gentry Co., MO. Beryl died of perotonitis on 12 September 1946 at the age of 49 at Ralph Sanitarium in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO and was buried at Green Lawn Cemetery in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO on 17 September 1946.^37241,37242

Beryl P. Coffey and Ethel Tucker were married on 30 July 1915 in Worth Co., MO.³⁷²⁴³ They³⁷²⁴³ appeared in the census on 27 January 1920 at Dredge Boat Drainage Camp in Union Twp., Worth Co., MO.³⁷²⁴⁴ Ethel Tucker, daughter of Ira Skillman Tucker and Mary Olivia Howard, was born on 12 July 1895 in Worth Co., MO. Ethel died on 26 April 1996 at the age of 100 in North Kansas City, Clay Co., MO and was buried at High Ridge Cemetery in Stanberry, Cooper Twp., Gentry Co., MO.^37245,37246

Obituary, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, Sun., Apr. 28, 1996

Ethel Tucker Coffey, 100, North Kansas City, MO, died Friday, April 26, 1996, at North Kansas City Hospital. Funeral services will be 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons White Chapel Funeral Home. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in High Ridge Cemetery, Stanberry, MO. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Ethel Coffey Memorial Fund, 1444 E. 22nd Ave., North Kansas City, MO, 64116. These funds will be used towards a memorial tree planted in her name at the Children's Fountain at the intersection of 9 Hwy. and N. Oak Trafficway.

Mrs. Coffey was born July 12, 1895, on a farm in Worth County, MO.

Ethel moved to Kansas City in the 1930's, where she became a seamstress in the garment district. She lived in Los Angeles from 1941 through 1944, where she also worked as a seamstress during World War II.

During the late 40's, Ethel went into business opening a general merchandise store in Oregon, MO.

Over the next 25 years, she had stores in Blockton, IA, Pattonsburg, MO, and again in Oregon, MO.

Her stores grew with each move to include a beauty shop and florist shop with general merchandise.

Ethel retired to North Kansas City in 1983, where she loved to garden. For the past 12 years. she did volunteer work at the Nearly New Shop. She attended First Baptist Church of North Kansas City.

Survivors include her daughter, Hazel Lechner, North Kansas City, MO; four grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives.

Beryl P. Coffey and Ethel Tucker had the following children: