Today, Sunday, June 25, 2017, Hattie (Sims) Coffel slipped peacefully from the bonds of this earth into God’s loving and comforting arms. With grieving hearts, we know she is in a better place. She was born in Vernon, Kentucky on October 3, 1934 and lived in the Lafayette, Indiana area most of her life. TheContinue Reading
Today, Sunday, June 25, 2017, Hattie (Sims) Coffel slipped peacefully from the bonds of this earth into God’s loving and comforting arms. With grieving hearts, we know she is in a better place.
She was born in Vernon, Kentucky on October 3, 1934 and lived in the Lafayette, Indiana area most of her life. The past several years she has resided at Rosewalk Village Nursing Home in Lafayette. She graduated from Chalmers High School in 1954 and was married on July 21, 1957 to the love of her life, James R. Coffel, who preceded her in death in 1997. She is also preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Allene (Dyer) Sims.
During her working career, she worked at Woolworth, Spiegel’s and Stallard Pharmacy, all in the Lafayette area before retiring.
She was a member of the Elmwood Church of Christ where she served many years in the Nursery and loved being with the little children.
She is survived by a brother, Jesse (wife, Jackie) Sims of Mooresville, Indiana, a sister, Janice (husband, Ronald) Hiner of Longmont, Colorado and nieces, Jennifer (Pat) Heyob, Jessica Blakey and nephews, Tim (Lori) Sims, all in the Indianapolis area and nephews Troy Hiner, from Longmont, CO and Trent Hiner, from Broomfield, CO.
Visitation will be held at Soller-Baker Funeral Home, Lafayette Chapel, 400 Twyckenham Blvd. on Thursday, June 29, 2017 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, followed by a service, officiated by Gayle Crowe, former Elmwood Church of Christ minister. Burial will immediately follow the service at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens (Last Supper section), 1718 W. 350 North, West Lafayette.
For those who wish, memorials may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society or to the Elmwood Church of Christ.
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