Ninth Generation

17053. Willie Lee Coffey was born on 10 September 1932 in Buena Vista, Independent City, VA. Willie died in Rutherford, Bergen Co., NJ on 9 April 2016 and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, Bronx Co., NY on 13 April 2016 .^43523,43524

Obituary, The Herald News, Woodland Park, NJ, Sun., Apr. 10, 2016

Willie Lee (nee Coffey), 83, of Rutherford passed away April 9th, 2016. She was born in Buena Vista,Virginia to Walter and Mary Louise Coffey. Willie Lee had been employed by Fairleigh Dickinson University as their Administrative Assistant to the Dean on Public Administration for 28 years, before retiring in 1996. She was a member of the Rutherford Woman's Club and Democratic Club. For those who knew Willie Lee, she was there for everyone, a giving and kind person and most of all, the "best mother" to her large growing family.

Willie Lee is predeceased by her husband, Richard (2008) and her sister, Barbara Ann (1999). She will be deeply missed by her devoted daughters, Donna Masar and husband Mark, Marianne Pendleton and husband Kevin, Barbara Molina and husband Carlos, her beloved grandchildren, Matt, Rachel, Cristina, Dennis, Jennifer, Gianna and 5 great-grandchildren, Shane Vincent, Aubrey Grace, Reese Sophia, Jordin Sky, Jade Valdes and her siblings, Walter Coffey, Martha Stout, Eddie Coffey and Donald Coffey.

Family will receive friends on Tuesday 2-4pm & 7-9pm in the Calhoun-Mania Funeral Home, 19 Lincoln Ave. Rutherford.

Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, gathering 9am for 10am Prayer Service in Funeral Home, (Rev. Brian Laffler, officiating), followed by Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Webster Ave., Bronx, NY 10466.

Willie Lee Coffey and Richard Arthur Gianfrancesco were married on 25 November 1954 in Rockingham Co., VA.⁴³⁵²⁵ Richard Arthur Gianfrancesco, son of Mariano A. Gianfrancesco and Florence May Reiher, was born on 31 December 1927 in Bronx, Bronx Co., NY. Richard died at Hackensack Medical Center in Hackensack, Bergen Co., NJ on 15 March 2008 and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, Bronx Co., NY on 16 March 2008 .^43526,43527

Obituary, The Record, Hackensack, NJ, and Herald News, West Paterson, NJ, Mon., Mar. 17, 2008

GIANFRANCESCO Richard, also known as " The Chief and The Gand" 80, of Rutherford on March 15, 2008 in Hackensack Medical Center.Richard was Born in the Bronx to the late Mariano and Florence Reiher Gianfrancesco on Dec.31, 1927, and moved Rutherford. in 1936He was an Army Veteran and was employed by AT&T as a Installation Tech for 22 years. Richard held memberships in the Lyndhurst Elk's Lodge, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)and the Amalgamated Lace Operators of America(AOLA) He is also survived by his beloved wife Willie Lee (nee Coffey) and devoted daughters Donna, husband Mark Masar; Marianne, husband Kevin Pendleton; and Barbara, husband Carlos Molina. Loving grandfather to Matt, Rachel, Cristina, Dennis, Jennifer and GiannaDear brother to Blossom and husband Ed Kirby and their three sons, Glen, Donald and Robert Kirby.Funeral Wednesday following Religious Services at 9:30 AM in the Collins Calhoun Funeral Home, 19 Lincoln Ave. Rutherford, Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY Visiting hours Mon. 7 to 9 and Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9 PM.

Willie Lee Coffey and Richard Arthur Gianfrancesco had the following children: