Ida Mae Coker, 81

DOVER - Ida Mae Coker, of Dover, died Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Christiana Medical Center, Newark. She was 81. Mrs. Coker was born Aug. 31, 1927, in New Jersey to the late John H. Mosley and Anna Miller Mosley. She had worked for 15 years for Capitol School District as a cafeteria cook retiring in 1988 from East Dover Elementary School. Mrs. Coker loved crafts especially flower arranging, making jewelry, crocheting and loved to cook. She was a member of the Harvest Years Senior Center. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Stanley Coker in 1992. She is survived by her son, Clarence "Coke" Coker and his significant other, Bobbi Steele of Dover; her sister, Beatrice Childress of Smyrna; grandchildren, Rob Berry and Chris Rumbley; two great-grandchildren and another on the way; her "adopted son," John Horvath; and a host of friends she considered family. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Torbert Funeral Chapel South, 1145 E. Lebanon Road, (Route 10), Dover. Friends may call one hour prior. Interment will be in Immanuel Union United Methodist Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to Harvest Years Senior Center, 30 South St., Camden, DE 19934 or American Diabetes Association, 100 W. 10th Street, Suite 1002, Wilmington, DE 19801. Letters of condolence may be sent, and guestbook may be signed at www.torbertfuneral.com.