Eighth Generation

7491. Newton Coffey was born on 23 September 1875 in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN.²⁴²⁰⁰ He lived with his parents in Jackson Twp., Sullivan Co., IN on 12 June 1880. Newton and Gertie were featured in a Garden Grove, Decatur Co., IA newspaper article on 16 March 1967 entitled "Good Old Days."²⁴²⁰¹

News Item, Lexington Herald, Lexington, KY, Thu., Mar. 16, 1967, Page 50, Col. 8

Good Old Days

Garden Grove, Iowa (AP) - Mr. and Mrs. Newton Coffey, looking back on 70 years of marriage, find life on a farm today vastly different that when they wed in 1897. Today 91-year-old Coffey still raises vegetables and has an orchard, while his wife, 88, raises house plants and cultivates large flower gardens in the summer.

In the early years, Mrs. Coffey recalls, she made all the clothes for her 10 children, baked six loaves of bread every other day, made soap, cold packed meat, canned fruit and washed clothes on a rough washboard. Coffey walked behind plows and cultivators, made hay, milked cows, butchered hogs and cattle and spent long hours in the field. Newton died in Leon, Decatur Co., IA on 26 May 1969 and was buried at Leon Cemetery in Leon, Decatur Co., IA in May 1969 .^24202,24203

Newton Coffey and Adelia Gertrude "Gertie" Robinson²⁴²⁰⁴ were married on 10 March 1897 in Cambria, Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²⁰⁵ They^{²⁴²⁰⁵} appeared in the census on 11 June 1900 in Clay Twp., Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²⁰⁶ They^{²⁴²⁰⁶} appeared in the census on 25 April 1910 in ClayTwp., Owen Co., IA.²⁴²⁰⁷ Newton and Gertie^{²⁴²⁰⁷} appeared in the census on 13 January 1920 in Clay Twp., Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²⁰⁸ They^{²⁴²⁰⁸} appeared in the census on 5 April 1930 in Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²⁰⁹ They^{²⁴²⁰⁹} appeared in the census on 10 April 1940 in Washington Twp., Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²¹⁰ Adelia Gertrude "Gertie" Robinson, daughter of Moody Robinson and Ellen Aten, was born on 12 September 1878 in Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²⁰⁴ She lived with her parents in Richman Twp., Wayne Co., IA on 24 June 1880. Adelia died in Leon, Decatur Co., IA on 16 January 1973 and was buried at Leon Cemetery in Leon, Decatur Co., IA in January 1973 .^24204,24211

Newton Coffey and Adelia Gertrude "Gertie" Robinson had the following children:

+14679	i.	Carl Edward Coffey.
+14680	ii.	William Moody Coffey.
+14681	iii.	Leo Newton Coffey.
14682	iv.	Maj. Opal Leota Coffey was born on 27 January 1903 in Clay Twp., Wayne Co., IA.^24204,24212 She lived with her parents in ClayTwp., Wayne Co., IA on 25 April 1910. She lived with her parents in Clay Twp., Wayne Co., IA on 13 January 1920. Opal appeared in the census on 12 April 1930 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.²⁴²¹³ She served in the military as a US Army nurse between 8 August 1941 and 1 January 1963. Maj. Coffey died on 21 January 1964 at the age of 60 in Fort Bliss, El Paso, El Paso Co., TX and was buried with full military honors at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, El Paso Co., TX on 23 January 1964.^24204,24214 Obituary, unnamed newspaper OPAL L. COFFEY Major Opal L. Coffey, retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 61, of 3622 Sacramento Avenue, El Paso passed away Tuesday, January 21 in an army hospital in Texas. She was a resident of El Paso, Texas for 6 months, and was a member of the Baptist Church. She retired January 1, 1963 with 22 years service. She attended the University of Chicago, and took her nurses training at the Los Angeles General Hospital. She entered the army at Brooke on August 8, 1941. Her overseas service included Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines (3 1/2 years) and Munich, Germany, where she was stationed with the 98th general hospital for four years. Among her decorations are the American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, the Philippine Liberation, the Army of Occupation in Germany and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign. She is survived by her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Newton Coffey, Garden Grove; sisters, Mrs. Carol Dickert, El Paso, Texas, Mrs. Mildred Fields, Pickins, South Carolina, Mrs. Erma Clare, Mansfield, Massachusetts, Mrs Dorothy Smith, Belton, Missouri, and Miss Velma Coffey, Colombia, South America; brothers, Carl of Leon, Leo and Raymond, Garden Grove, and William of Sun Valley, California. Graveside services were held Thursday, January 23 and 10:00 a.m. with full military honors at Ft. Bliss National Cemetery (El Paso, Texas) with a protestant chaplain officiating.
14683	v.	Mildred V. Coffey was born circa 1904 in Iowa. She appeared in the census on 14 April 1930 at Iowa Methodist Nurses Home in Des Moines, Polk Co., IA.²⁴²¹⁵
14684	vi.	Carol C. Coffey was born on 25 December 1906 in Clay Twp., Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²¹⁶ She lived with her parents in ClayTwp., Wayne Co., IA on 25 April 1910. She lived with her parents in Clay Twp., Wayne Co., IA on 13 January 1920. Carol appeared in the census on 9 April 1930 at Kansas City General Hospital Nurses Home in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO.²⁴²¹⁷
14685	vii.	Velma Leona Coffey was born on 20 December 1908 in Clay Twp., Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²¹⁸ She lived with her parents in ClayTwp., Wayne Co., IA on 25 April 1910. She lived with her parents in Clay Twp., Wayne Co., IA on 13 January 1920.
14686	viii.	Emma Coffey was born circa 1911 in Illinois.
+14687	ix.	Raymond Donald Coffey.
14688	x.	Dorothy Irene Coffey was born on 28 February 1918 in Richman Twp., Wayne Co., IA.²⁴²¹⁹