Obituary: Sylvia Ann (Sisler) Coffman

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Sylvia Ann Coffman
   Sylvia Ann Sisler Coffman, 103, wife of the late Harold Dale Coffman of Uniontown, died
Saturday, March 30, 1996, in Blue Ridge Haven West in Camp Hill, Pa.
   She was born Oct. 22, 1893, in Vanderbilt, Pa., the daughter 
of the late Joseph Grant Sisler and
Lottie Almeda Newmyer Sisler Miller.
   In addition to her parents and husband she was also preceded in death by brothers George
William, Jessie Earl, Bert, Joseph Grant II, John Edward, Stanley Ira, Samuel Porter, and
half-brother, Donald M. Miller. Also predeceased were her stepsisters, Carrie Edna Miller
Humphrey and Eleanor Virginia Miller Breakiron, half-sister, Evelyn Miller MacBurnie, and
stepfather, Ewing M. Miller.
   Mrs. Coffman was a stenographer for attorney George Patterson and bookkeeper and
stenographer for her brother, J.G. Sisler, and was also employed at Metzler's Department Store
for many years until her retirement in 1959. She was a member of Third Presbyterian Church in
Uniontown and a 50 year member of Uniontown Chapter No. 263 Order of Eastern Star.
   She is survived by her son, Thomas Dale Coffman of Baltimore, Md., three grandchildren,
Patricia Coffman Wilson, Mark William Coffman, and Jane Coffman Kosnicki, seven
great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
   The family will receive friends in the ANDREW D. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME,
80 Morgantown St., Uniontown, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Wednesday,
April 3, 1996, until 11 a.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. James R. Tweardy officiating.
Interment will follow. Eastern Star Services will be held today at 7:30 p.m. conducted by
Uniontown Chapter No. 263 OES.