Robert "Bob" Coffman

Funeral services for Robert “Bob” Coffman will be held on Monday, July 6, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Methodist Church in Moore, Oklahoma. Graveside services will be held on Monday at 3:00 p.m. at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. Mr. Coffman died in the presence of his family on Thursday, July 2, 2009. Bob was born to Walter Clarence Coffman and Annie Terry Edwards Coffman at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma on June 27, 1926. After graduating from Pauls Valley High School, he served in the United States Army as staff sergeant from 1944 to 1946. After the war, Bob graduated from OSU. He then moved to Oklahoma City where he was employed at Wilson and Company. On April 9, 1950, he was married to Mary Beth Hale Coffman, his beloved wife of fifty-one years. Bob spent decades of his life in public service. One of his first assignments was for the State of Oklahoma Board of Affairs as a purchasing officer. He spent five years as a member of the Oklahoma City Bonds Advisory Commission, five years as a member of the Oklahoma Traffic Commission, eight years as a member of the Oklahoma City Parks Commission, worked for County Commissioner Jack Cornett in public relations, and was a member of the South Oklahoma City Rotary Club. He also served as minister of the Union City United Methodist Church, and associate minister of both St. John’s United Methodist Church and First United Methodist Church of Moore. Bob was an excellent communicator, and he understood the importance that giving of oneself holds for Christians. Bob is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Dave and Janice Bear of Lawton; his son Ronald; his granddaughter Candi McKinney and her husband Daniel of Norman; his sister Sara Jo Coffman Gregory of Ada; his brother and his wife, Eugene and Earline Coffman of Galena Park, Texas; sisters-in-law Geraldine Coffman of Vinita; Johnnie Coffman of Pauls Valley; and Pearl Coffman of Houston, Texas, and many loving nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Beth Coffman, his parents Walter Clarence and Annie Terry Edwards Coffman; brothers Wayne Coffman, Clarence Coffman, Fred Coffman, Frank Coffman and Jack Coffman; and his sisters Jessie Pat Elliot, Mary Elizabeth Champ, and Lucille Thornton. Bob lived life to its fullest, and the world is a better place for having him here for 83 years. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to memorial funds at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Oklahoma City or First United Methodist Church , Moore, Oklahoma. Visitation hours will be on Sunday from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Wooster Funeral Home in Pauls Valley. Services are under the direction of Wooster Funeral Home.

Robert "Bob" Coffman

June 27, 1926 - July 2, 2009