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Etzell R. Coffin
Posted 7/26/07
Etzell R. Coffin, 97 DOVER - Etzell R. Coffin of Dover went home to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, July 23, 2007, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 97 years young. Mrs. Coffin …
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Etzell R. Coffin
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Etzell R. Coffin, 97
DOVER - Etzell R. Coffin of Dover went home to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, July 23, 2007, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 97 years young.
Mrs. Coffin was born March 8, 1910 in Little Creek, daughter of the late Capt. Clarence James and Elsie W. (Blocksom) Turner.
She lived in New Jersey, Colorado and Texas, and came back to Delaware in 1983.
Mrs. Coffin worked for the Bell Telephone Co. in Philadelphia, the Belanca Aircraft Co., and as a typist for the DuPont Co. in Wilmington for many years, retiring in 1974.
She was a warm, generous and loving person who was devoted to family and friends.
Mrs. Coffin loved to crochet, needle point and knit, making hats, booties and blankets for newborns at Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital and afghans for family and friends.
She was a very talented piano player; she played by ear and note and until her recent illness played the piano for the Sunday service at Little Creek Methodist Church and for the Luther Towers evening services.
Mrs. Coffin was a former member of Immanuel Baptist in Wilmington and First Baptist Church in Dover.
She liked to swim, play golf and travel.
Mrs. Coffin was the beloved wife of the late George P. Riddagh, the late Paul Killen and the late Homer P. Coffin.
Left to cherish her memory are her sisters, Irma Turner Teague of Dover, and Gloria Coverdale of Lakeland, Fla.; her children, Robert Phillip Riddagh and his children, Christopher R. Riddagh and Wenona Riddagh, all of Wilmington, Lois R. Wicks and her husband James and their son Daniel Wicks and his wife Pam of Wilmington, James Martin Riddagh and his wife Margaret and their son Mark Riddagh and his wife Cynthia of New York; a special niece, Suzanne Jensen and her husband James and their children of Smyrna; a special cousin, Christine Hopkins of Dover; and a niece and nephew, Nancy C. Brown of Lakeland, Fla., and Franklin Teague of Tampa, Fla.
Funeral services will be noon Monday at Little Creek United Methodist Church, Main Street, Little Creek. Friends may call one hour prior. Interment will be held in Lakeside Cemetery, Dover.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Little Creek United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 485, Little Creek, Dover, DE 19961.
Letters of condolence may be sent, and guestbook signed, at www.torbertfuneral.com.
DOVER - Etzell R. Coffin of Dover went home to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, July 23, 2007, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 97 years young.
Mrs. Coffin was born March 8, 1910 in Little Creek, daughter of the late Capt. Clarence James and Elsie W. (Blocksom) Turner.
She lived in New Jersey, Colorado and Texas, and came back to Delaware in 1983.
Mrs. Coffin worked for the Bell Telephone Co. in Philadelphia, the Belanca Aircraft Co., and as a typist for the DuPont Co. in Wilmington for many years, retiring in 1974.
She was a warm, generous and loving person who was devoted to family and friends.
Mrs. Coffin loved to crochet, needle point and knit, making hats, booties and blankets for newborns at Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital and afghans for family and friends.
She was a very talented piano player; she played by ear and note and until her recent illness played the piano for the Sunday service at Little Creek Methodist Church and for the Luther Towers evening services.
Mrs. Coffin was a former member of Immanuel Baptist in Wilmington and First Baptist Church in Dover.
She liked to swim, play golf and travel.
Mrs. Coffin was the beloved wife of the late George P. Riddagh, the late Paul Killen and the late Homer P. Coffin.
Left to cherish her memory are her sisters, Irma Turner Teague of Dover, and Gloria Coverdale of Lakeland, Fla.; her children, Robert Phillip Riddagh and his children, Christopher R. Riddagh and Wenona Riddagh, all of Wilmington, Lois R. Wicks and her husband James and their son Daniel Wicks and his wife Pam of Wilmington, James Martin Riddagh and his wife Margaret and their son Mark Riddagh and his wife Cynthia of New York; a special niece, Suzanne Jensen and her husband James and their children of Smyrna; a special cousin, Christine Hopkins of Dover; and a niece and nephew, Nancy C. Brown of Lakeland, Fla., and Franklin Teague of Tampa, Fla.
Funeral services will be noon Monday at Little Creek United Methodist Church, Main Street, Little Creek. Friends may call one hour prior. Interment will be held in Lakeside Cemetery, Dover.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Little Creek United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 485, Little Creek, Dover, DE 19961.
Letters of condolence may be sent, and guestbook signed, at www.torbertfuneral.com.
