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| Name |
Daniel Arthur Smith [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
A5E306D702BB3D46B5E589F289A3433E6781 |
| Person ID |
I1531 |
broderick |
| Last Modified |
7 Oct 2025 |
| Father |
Arthur James Smith, b. 23 Aug 1909, Nebraska, USA  d. 10 Jul 1984, Prob Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Frances Louise Coffey, b. 31 Jul 1913, Prob Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, USA d. 23 Sep 2009, Prob Lyons, Burt, Nebraska, USA (Age 96 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [2] |
| Family ID |
F470 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S29] Sarsfield McNulty, Sarsfield McNulty website, (http://home.earthlink.net/~smcnulty/) (Reliability: 3).
Living abt 2008
- [S39] See text, Miscellaneous webpages, (See text), http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/kansascity/guestbook.aspx?n=elizabeth-coffey&pid=149168804&cid=full (Reliability: 3).
SR. ELIZABETH (SYLVESTER) COFFEY OSB
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COFFEY, OSB 1935----2011 Sister Elizabeth (Sylvester) Coffey, OSB, 94, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at the monastery. A vigil will be held in the Monastery Chapel Thursday, March 10, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Ressurrection will be there Friday, March 11, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in the monastic cemetery. The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home, Atchison, Kansas, is in charge of these arrangements. Born February 17, 1917, to James Patrick and Julia Ellen McQuinn Coffey, Sister Elizabeth grew up in Wymore, Nebraska. Her mother died when she was eleven and her father sent her to Mount St. Scholastica Academy from which she graduated in 1934. She entered the Mount Community in 1936 and made monastic profession in 1938. She graduated from Mount St. Scholastica College in 1939, taught in community schools, notably the Mount Academy; Lillis high School, Kansas City, Missouri and Donnelly College, Kansas City, Kansas. For brief periods she taught at St. Mary's High School, Walsenburg, Colorado and at Benedictine College, Atchison, where she also later served on the Board. Sister Elizabeth earned the Master of Arts in speech with a minor in speech pathology from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. She also did extensive graduate work in counseling and drama. Her interest in the elderly and in rural life led her to study at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she certified in their program for Advanced Pastoral Education. She served as a pastoral associate at Christ the King Parish, Kansas City, Kansas, and presented training sessions for Eucharistic ministers and lectors for the Kansas City, Kansas, Archdiocesan Liturgy Office. For ten years hse represented Catholic Community Services in the Nemaha- Marshall Region. Throughout her life, Sister Elizabeth served her religious community in many capacities, including the monastic council and the senate; and her professional activities included the core committee of the Kansas City, Kansas Chapter of Kansans for the Improvement of Nursing Homes, membership in the Foster Grandparent Program Advisory Board, and active membership in many professional organizations and seminars. Sister Elizabeth was predeceased by her parents and her brothers Donald and Robert. She is survived by her sister, Rita Krim, Atchison, KS, by her nephew Robert Michael Coffey, Greensboro, NC, Niece Patricia Coffey Swanzy, Lakewood, CO, cousin, Frances Coffey Smith, Tampa, FL, and by her monastic community.
Published in Kansas City Star on March 10, 2011
Read more: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?n=elizabeth-coffey-sylvester&pid=149168804#ixzz1ZZRoZxZR
From The Kansas City Star.
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