Obit for COFFITT, W. D. (d.1955?), Murray Co., MN
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"W.D. Coffitt Passes Away In Florida -

Funeral services were held last week in Florida for W.D. Coffitt. Mr. 
Coffitt was a member of the South Jacksonville Presbyterian Church, and 
the services were conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Stephen T. Harvin. 
Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery.

W.D. Coffitt, for many years a resident of Fulda, but more recently of 
Jacksonville, Florida, passed away at his southern home about 9 o'clock 
Monday evening, May 16. He had been in poor health for several years. 
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Russel Turner (Wilma) 
and Mrs. Chas. McKenney (Velma) all of Florida. There are eight 
grandchildren. One daughter, Mrs. Theron West (Nellie) preceded her 
father in death. There is one great grandchild.

Mr. Coffitt also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Frank Draper of Austin, and 
Mrs. E.C. Gunthier, Waterloo, Iowa, and three brothers, John of Luverne, 
Alva of Currie, and Frank of Hendersonville, N.C.

Mr. Coffitt was 73 years of age. He moved to Jacksonville in 1950 
following his retirement. He was a member of the Modern Woodment and 
Odd Fellow lodges."

 (This article is from a relative's scrapbook. The name and date of the 
paper is unknown. However, a handwritten date of 1955 is on the article.)