Eighth Generation

8302. Homer Guy Coffey was born on 15 March 1885 in Hamilton Co., IL. Homer resided with his brother in law James Atkinson in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO on 23 April 1910. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO.²⁵⁹⁴¹ Homer died in Olathe, Johnson Co., KS on 30 March 1960 and was buried at Monett IOOF Cemetery in Monett, Lawrence Co., MO in April 1960 .²⁵⁹⁴²

Obituary, Olathe News, Olathe, KS, Tues., April 5, 1960, Page 14

COFFEY - Homer Guy Coffey, 70, died March 31, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fern Whaley, rural route 2, Olathe. He was born in 1890 in Hamilton County, Illinois, and had lived most of his life in the Kansas City and Olathe areas. He was a retired highway construction worker.

He is survived by another daughter Mrs. Ola A. O'Connor, rural route 2, Olathe, a son, Homer Lee Coffey, Kansas City: a sister Mrs. Ola Montieth, of Pacifica, Calif.,and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services were held April 2, at the Frye chapel, conducted by the Rev. Glen Wood, pastor of the Ridgeview Baptist Church. Graveside services were held at the I.O.O.F. cemetery, Monet, MO.

Homer Guy Coffey and Amy Frances Jones were married on 3 May 1914 in Monett, Barry Co., MO.²⁵⁹⁴³ They^{²⁵⁹⁴³} appeared in the census on 9 April 1930 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO.²⁵⁹⁴⁴ They^{²⁵⁹⁴⁴} appeared in the census on 3 April 1940 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO.²⁵⁹⁴⁵ Amy Frances Jones, daughter of Guyland Webster Jones and Elizabeth Crosby, was born on 4 March 1896 in Oswego, Labette Co., KS. Amy died at Kansas City General Hospital No. 1 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO on 2 March 1942 of cervical cancer and was buried at Monett IOOF Cemetery in Monett, Lawrence Co., MO in March 1942 .^25946,25947

Obituary, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, Wed., Mar. 4, 1942, Page 6

Mrs. Amy Coffey Rites

Women Workers in Citizen - Campaign at the Services

Several women workers from the Citizens Campaign headquarters attended the funeral services at 2 o'clock this afternoon for Mrs. Amy Frances Coffey, 46 years old, 1817 (print pixeled, best guess at house number) Mercier Street, who died Monday.

Mrs. Coffey had been an active worker in the women's division of the Citizens Campaign. She was stricken late last week with pneumonia. The services were at the Bentley Chapel, 5811 Troost Avenue. Burial was to be at Monett, MO.

Homer Guy Coffey and Amy Frances Jones had the following children:

+15465	i.	Homer Lee Coffey.
+15466	ii.	Fern Coffey.
15467	iii.	Ola Angeline Coffey was born on 26 April 1925 in Monett, Lawrence Co., MO. Ola died in Granby, Newton Co., MO on 22 October 1993 and was buried at Granby, Newton Co., MO in October 1993.