Eighth Generation

7389. Ivy Joseph Coffey was born on 2 March 1875 in Texas. He appeared in the census on 25 April 1910 in McPherson, Stephens Co., TX.²³⁹¹⁸ Ivy died in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK in 1937 and was buried at Duncan Municipal Cemetery in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK in 1937 .²³⁹¹⁹

Ivy Joseph Coffey and Stella Masterson were married on 28 December 1895 in Carter Co., OK.²³⁹²⁰ Stella Masterson was born in 1879. Stella died in Oklahoma in 1910 and was buried at Duncan Municipal Cemetery in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK in 1910 .²³⁹²¹

Ivy Joseph Coffey and Stella Masterson had the following children:

+14599	i.	Finis Wolford Coffey Sr..
14600	ii.	Ulis L. Coffey was born in 1905 in Oklahoma. Ulis died in Oklahoma in 1923 and was buried at Duncan Municipal Cemetery in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK in 1923 .²³⁹²²
+14601	iii.	Estella Lee "Stella" Coffey.

Ivy Joseph Coffey and Nellie Mae were married. They appeared in the census on 15 February 1920 at 1313 West Oak St. in McPherson, Stephens Co., TX.²³⁹²³ They^²³⁹²³ appeared in the census on 4 April 1930 at 1313 West Oak St. in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK.²³⁹²⁴ Nellie Mae was born in 1886 in North Dakota. She appeared in the census on 10 April 1940 at 1313 West Oak St. in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK.²³⁹²⁵ Nellie died in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK in 1964 and was buried at Duncan Municipal Cemetery in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK in 1964 .²³⁹²⁶

Ivy Joseph Coffey and Nellie Mae had the following children:

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Ivy Mae Coffey was born on 18 August 1917 in Comanche, Stephens Co., OK. She lived with her parents in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK on 4 April 1930. She lived with her mother in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK on 10 April 1940. Ivy died in September 2009 at the age of 92 in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK and was buried at Duncan Municipal Cemetery in Duncan, Stephens Co., OK on 4 September 2009.²³⁹²⁷

Obituary, El Reno Tribune, Canadian Co., OK, Sep. 6, 2009

Ivy Mae Coffey was born to Ivy Joseph and Nellie Mae Coffey at Comanche. She attended Oklahoma College for Women and received a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma. She worked for the Duncan Eagle and Halliburton before moving from Duncan to Ponca City. She worked at Continental Oil Co. in public relations and was city editor of the Ponca City News. She joined the Oklahoma City Times and The Daily Oklahoman working as a reporter and editor. She held positions as Sunday magazine editor, book editor, food editor, women''s editor and state staff reporter.

Her favorite assignment was state staff "rover," covering all parts of Oklahoma. She spent a year in Washington, D.C., in The Oklahoman's capital bureau. She interviewed Bobby Kennedy a few weeks before his assassination.

Ivy was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame and received a Byliners Award in communications from the Association of Women in Communications.

After moving to El Reno, she worked for the El Reno Tribune and continued writing mystery book reviews for The Sunday Oklahoman.

She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church and the El Reno Study Club. She served on the board of Mobile Meals. Ivy was an animal lover, especially dogs and horses. She was one of the sponsors of the annual auction of Free to Live Animal Shelter in Edmond.

Survivors in El Reno are Kay Dyer, her best friend, and the Dyers, her second family. She is also survived by nieces, Betty Crabb of Waxahachie, Texas, Jenny Roberts of Lone Grove and Peggy Coffey of San Antonio, Texas; a great-nephew; great-nieces, including Jera Alcorn of Duncan; and a number of cousins.

Graveside services were held Friday, Sept. 4 in the Duncan City Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5 at Wesley United Methodist Church of El Reno.

Donations in Ivy''s memory may be made to Free to Live, P.O. Box 5884, Edmond, Okla. 73083, or El Reno Mobile Meals, P.O. Box 879, El Reno, Okla. 73036.