Crawfordsville Jouranl Review 10-10-1966 - Theodore C. Coffing, 91, a resident of this
community since 1928, died at 4 p.m. Monday in Bowles Nursing Home, where he had been a
patient two and a half months. He was a son of Abner and Elizabeth Ziegler Coffing nad
was born in Fountain County Nov 29, 1875. He was educated in the schools of that county
and was wed in 1904 to Lucy Ann Shultz. Surviving are three sons, Carroll, Richard and
Francis; five daughters: Mrs. Paul Houston, Mrs. Lawrence Douglas, Mrs. Eva Davis, Mrs.
Lucile Stull and Mrs. Anna Jean Hinshaw; two brothers, Clarence of Lafayette and Fred of
Attica; a sister, Mrs. Sadie Dudley of Fillmore; 22 grandchildren and 26 greats. His wife
and an infant son preceded Mr. Coffing in death. Funeral seravices are announced for 2 :30
p.m. Wed at Powers Funeral Home where friends may call. Rev. Elton Call will be the
minister, and burial will bei n Greenlawn Cemetery at Wingate.