 1917 - 2011 (94 years)
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| Name |
Helen Elizabeth Coffey [1, 2, 3] |
| Prefix |
Sr. |
| Suffix |
OSB |
| Birth |
17 Feb 1917 |
Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, USA  [3] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Name |
Betty Coffey |
| Name |
Elizabeth Coffey |
| Name |
Sr. Sylvester Coffey |
| _UID |
F6AE3C768ADDD04C947AF65A1E735FC1E867 |
| Death |
8 Mar 2011 |
Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA [3, 4] |
| Burial |
11 Mar 2011 |
Mount St. Scholastica Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA [3] |
| Person ID |
I1471 |
broderick |
| Last Modified |
1 Oct 2011 |
| Father |
James Patrick Coffey, b. 2 Feb 1880, Rawdon, Montcalm, Québec, Canada d. 24 Nov 1955, Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, USA (Age 75 years) |
| Mother |
Julia Eleanor McQuinn, b. 28 Nov 1881, Missouri, USA d. 18 Dec 1928, Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, USA (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1904 |
Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, USA [5] |
| Family ID |
F452 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Birth - 17 Feb 1917 - Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, USA |
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 | Death - 8 Mar 2011 - Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA |
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 | Burial - 11 Mar 2011 - Mount St. Scholastica Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, USA |
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- [S50] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, United States Census, 14th, 1920, (Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2005), Nebraska, Gage, Wymore Wd2, ED77, sht 12A, img 22, ln 40 (Reliability: 3).
Helen E. Coffey, daughter, age 2-11/12, single, born Nebraska, father born Canada (Eng.), mother born Missouri, occ. None.
Resides 908 11 Ave.
Dwelling 223, household 232.
- [S14] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, United States Census, 15th, 1930, (Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2005), Nebraska, Gage, Wymore Wd2, ED45, Sht 23B, img 46, line 58 (Reliability: 3).
Daughter age 13, single, born Nebraska, father born Canada English, mother born Missouri, no occ.
Listed as "Betty".
Resides S. 11th St,
Dwelling 589, household 599.
- [S39] See text, Miscellaneous webpages, (See text), http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/kansascity/guestbook.aspx?n=elizabeth-coffey&pid=149168804&cid=full (Reliability: 3).
SR. ELIZABETH (SYLVESTER) COFFEY OSB
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COFFEY, OSB 1935----2011 Sister Elizabeth (Sylvester) Coffey, OSB, 94, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at the monastery. A vigil will be held in the Monastery Chapel Thursday, March 10, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Ressurrection will be there Friday, March 11, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in the monastic cemetery. The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home, Atchison, Kansas, is in charge of these arrangements. Born February 17, 1917, to James Patrick and Julia Ellen McQuinn Coffey, Sister Elizabeth grew up in Wymore, Nebraska. Her mother died when she was eleven and her father sent her to Mount St. Scholastica Academy from which she graduated in 1934. She entered the Mount Community in 1936 and made monastic profession in 1938. She graduated from Mount St. Scholastica College in 1939, taught in community schools, notably the Mount Academy; Lillis high School, Kansas City, Missouri and Donnelly College, Kansas City, Kansas. For brief periods she taught at St. Mary's High School, Walsenburg, Colorado and at Benedictine College, Atchison, where she also later served on the Board. Sister Elizabeth earned the Master of Arts in speech with a minor in speech pathology from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. She also did extensive graduate work in counseling and drama. Her interest in the elderly and in rural life led her to study at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she certified in their program for Advanced Pastoral Education. She served as a pastoral associate at Christ the King Parish, Kansas City, Kansas, and presented training sessions for Eucharistic ministers and lectors for the Kansas City, Kansas, Archdiocesan Liturgy Office. For ten years hse represented Catholic Community Services in the Nemaha- Marshall Region. Throughout her life, Sister Elizabeth served her religious community in many capacities, including the monastic council and the senate; and her professional activities included the core committee of the Kansas City, Kansas Chapter of Kansans for the Improvement of Nursing Homes, membership in the Foster Grandparent Program Advisory Board, and active membership in many professional organizations and seminars. Sister Elizabeth was predeceased by her parents and her brothers Donald and Robert. She is survived by her sister, Rita Krim, Atchison, KS, by her nephew Robert Michael Coffey, Greensboro, NC, Niece Patricia Coffey Swanzy, Lakewood, CO, cousin, Frances Coffey Smith, Tampa, FL, and by her monastic community.
Published in Kansas City Star on March 10, 2011
Read more: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?n=elizabeth-coffey-sylvester&pid=149168804#ixzz1ZZRoZxZR
From The Kansas City Star.
- [S39] See text, Miscellaneous webpages, (See text), http://atchison.fromtheporch.net/?q=story/sister-elizabeth-sylvester-coffey-osb (Reliability: 3).
Sister Elizabeth (Sylvester) Coffey, OSB
March 9, 2011, by Pruett of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home
SISTER ELIZABETH (SYLVESTER) COFFEY, OSB Saturday, February 17, 1917 - Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Resident of Atchison, Kansas
Services to be held on Friday, March 11, 2011 | 10:30 am
In the Monastery Chapel. Interment will follow in the monastic cemetery. A vigil service will be held Thursday, March 10th at 7:00 P.M. also in the monastery chapel.
SISTER ELIZABETH (SYLVESTER) COFFEY, OSB is survived by:
Her sister, Rita Krim, Atchison, KS, by her nephew Robert Michael Coffey, Greensboro, NC, Niece Patricia Coffey Swanzy, Lakewood, CO, cousin, Frances Coffey Smith, Tampa, FL and by her monastic community. Sister Elizabeth was predeceased by her parents and her brothers Donald and Robert.
Born to James Patrick and Julia Ellen McQuinn Coffey, Sister Elizabeth grew up in Wymore, Nebraska. Her mother died when she was eleven and her father sent her to Mount St. Scholastica Academy from which she graduated in 1934. She entered the Mount Community in 1936 and made monastic profession in 1938. She graduated from Mount St. Scholastica College in 1939, taught in community schools, notably the Mount Academy; Lillis High School, Kansas City, Missouri and Donnelly College, Kansas City, Kansas. For brief periods she taught at St. Mary's High School, Walsenburg, Colorado and at Benedictine College, Atchison, where she also later served on the Board. Sister Elizabeth earned the Master of Arts in speech with a minor in speech pathology from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. She also did extensive graduate work in counseling and drama. Her interest in the elderly and in rural life led her to study at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she certified in their program for Advanced Pastoral Education. She served as a pastoral associate at Christ the King Parish, Kansas City, Kansas, and presented training sessions for Eucharistic ministers and lectors for the Kansas City, Kansas Archdiocesan Liturgy Office. For ten years she represented Catholic Community Services in the Nemaha-Marshall Region. Throughout her life, Sister Elizabeth served her religious community in many capacities, including the monastic council and the senate; and her professional activities included the core committee of the Kansas City, Kansas Chapter of Kansans for the Improvement of Nursing Homes, membership in the Foster Grandparent Program Advisory Board, and active membership in many professional organizations and seminars.
- [S29] Sarsfield McNulty, Sarsfield McNulty website, (http://home.earthlink.net/~smcnulty/) (Reliability: 3).
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