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Benjamin Coakley Dies At Newark
Benjamin C. Coakley, 73, a native of Haydenville, died at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday at Newark City Hospital where he was admitted Sunday.
A resident of Newark for the past 41 years, Mr. Coakley was a former coal miner. He worked in Hocking County mines before moving to Newark. Mr. Coakley, in failing health for the past three years, became seriously ill Sunday.
He was a member of the Ohio National Guard three years before World War I. The son of the late Augustus and Margaret Joy Coakley, he was the last surviving member of the family.
Survivors include his wife, Emma Stone Coakley; three sons, Floyd E. Coakley of Cleveland and Bernard and Forrest, both of Newark; two daughters, Mrs. William Schrider and Mrs. Wendell Yates, both of Newark; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Gutliph and Henderson Funeral Home, Newark, with the Rev. Harold Doyle officiating.
Burial will be made in Wilson Cemetery near Newark. Friends may call at the funeral home.
The Logan Daily News; Logan, Hocking County, Ohio; Wed. 31 Oct 1956; p. 3, col. 5.
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Benjamin Coakley Dies At Newark
Benjamin C. Coakley, 73, a native of Haydenville, died at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday at Newark City Hospital where he was admitted Sunday.
A resident of Newark for the past 41 years, Mr. Coakley was a former coal miner. He worked in Hocking County mines before moving to Newark. Mr. Coakley, in failing health for the past three years, became seriously ill Sunday.
He was a member of the Ohio National Guard three years before World War I. The son of the late Augustus and Margaret Joy Coakley, he was the last surviving member of the family.
Survivors include his wife, Emma Stone Coakley; three sons, Floyd E. Coakley of Cleveland and Bernard and Forrest, both of Newark; two daughters, Mrs. William Schrider and Mrs. Wendell Yates, both of Newark; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Gutliph and Henderson Funeral Home, Newark, with the Rev. Harold Doyle officiating.
Burial will be made in Wilson Cemetery near Newark. Friends may call at the funeral home.
The Logan Daily News; Logan, Hocking County, Ohio; Wed. 31 Oct 1956; p. 3, col. 5.
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