Seventh Generation

5146. Lester George Coffey was born on 23 September 1888 in Young Harris, Towns Co., GA. Lester died on 20 June 1979 at the age of 90 at Good Shepherd Hospital in Umatilla Co., OR and was buried at Olney Cemetery in Pendleton, Umatilla Co., OR.^16733,16734

Lester G Coffey, born in Georgia, on Sept 23, 1888, died at the Good Shepherd Hospital on June 20th, 1979 at the age of 90. Mr Coffey was a member of the Baptist Church and a life member of the Elks Lodge. He had been a resident of Hermiston and Umatilla since 1940. He was a former employee of the Umatilla Army Depot. He is survived by his wife Elva, Umatilla; a son, Kenneth Hart, Portland; a daughter, Mrs Kenneth Robertson, Federal Way, Wa. two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Graveside services were held Monday , June 25, at 11:00 am at the Olney Cemetery in Pendleton with the Rev Carl Riley officiating.

Lester George Coffey and Clara A. Beard were married circa 1914. They were divorced on 13 June 1922 in Gem Co., ID. Clara A. Beard was born on 26 November 1900 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK. Clara died in February 1974 at the age of 73 in Yakima, Yakima Co., WA and was buried at Yakima City Cemetery in Yakima, Yakima Co., WA.¹⁶⁷³⁵

Obituary, Yakima Herald, Feb 20, 1974 

Mrs Clara A Alsup, 73, of 708 E. Viola, died Tuesday in St Elizabeth Hospital. Mrs Alsup was born at Oklahoma City,Oklahoma. She moved to Emmett, Idaho, as a child, and to Yakima in 1922.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs Betty Thompson, of Yakima, Mrs Dorothy Rohlman of Granite Falls, and Mrs Jean Welker of Roseburg, Oregon; her two sons, Ray Alsup of Millton-Freewater, and Robert Alsup of Orlando, Flordia. 11 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Her husband, Herbert died in 1961.

Lester George Coffey and Clara A. Beard had the following children:

Lester George Coffey and Alma Grace Cast were married on 24 June 1922 in Malheur Co., OR. Alma Grace Cast, daughter of Elmer A. Cast and Elnora Torbet, was born on 9 October 1903 in Spokane, Spokane Co., WA. Alma Grace died on 23 June 1931 at the age of 27 in Caldwell, Canyon Co., ID and was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Emmett, Gem Co., ID.^16737,16738

June 1931 - Emmett Woman Dies of Burns - Explosion of Cleaning Fluid Results Fatally For Mrs Grace Coffey.

Mrs Grace Coffey, 27, wife of Lester G Coffey of Emmett, who was fatally burned late Sunday afternoon and died Tuesday night at a Caldwell hospital, was laid to rest in the Riverdale [sic] Cemetery at Emmett Thursday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Emmett.

Mrs Coffey lighted a fire in a kitchen stove after having finished cleaning some clothing in the room which was filled with the fumes of the cleaning fluid. An explosion occurred, severely burning her. She was brought to the Caldwell sanitarium Monday, but so much of her body had been burned that recovery was impossible.

She is survived by her husband, and four children, Billie, aged 8, Kathryn 7, Lester 6 and Buddy 4, also her mother Mrs Eleanora Cast of Omak, Wash, two sisters, Mrs Alta Sherwood, and Mrs Nettie Couch of Emmett, and two brothers, Burt Cast of Omak, Wash., and Carl Cast of Emmett. 

Mrs Coffey was born Oct 09, 1903 in Spokane. She has been a resident of Emmett during the greater part of her life, having attended the Emmett High School. She was married to Lester G Coffey on July 1921. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

Lester George Coffey and Alma Grace Cast had the following children:

Lester George Coffey and Elva Mae McGinnis were married on 10 September 1943 in Boise, Ada Co., ID. Elva Mae McGinnis was born on 17 December 1900 in York Co., NE. Elva died on 24 August 1989 at the age of 88 at Amber Valley Care Center in Umatilla Co., OR and was buried at Olney Cemetery in Pendleton, Umatilla Co., OR.¹⁶⁷³⁹

Obituary, Umitalla County Newspaper, Aug 1989

Elva Mae Coffey, 88, Hermiston, died Thursday at Amber Valley Care Center in Pendleton. She was born in York County, Nebraska, Dec 17, 1900. She worked as a restaurant cook. Mrs Coffey is survived by a daughter, Mrs Kenneth Robertson of Federal Way, Washington. Her husband, Lester Coffey, preceded her in death. A graveside funeral service will be held ot Olney Cemetery in Pendleton on Monday at 11 am.