Harold & Flora (Gochenour) Coffman
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Harold & Flora (Gochenour) Coffman
Subject
Coffman, Harold (1916-1995)
Coffman, Flora Catherine Gochenour (1916-2022)
Description
Portrait of Harold and Flora (Gochenour) Coffman standing together in the studio. Flora is wearing a flowered corsage on her dress. This picture was taken around the time of their marriage.
Harold was the son of Noah Walter (1876-1948) and Elizabeth (Cox) (1877-1952) Coffman. He joined the Civilian Public Service (CPS), a program developed at the onset of WWII which provided those whose conscience forbade them to kill, the opportunity to do work of national importance under civilian direction rather than go to war.
Flora was born in Maurertown, the daughter of Levi and Susie Gochenour and the last surviving of their nine children.
She married Harold Coffman in 1938. While he served in the CPS, Flora lived in the Valley and raised their daughter, Phyllis Mae.
After his CPS service, they moved to the Washington, DC, area where they lived for thirty years. During that time, they had two more children, Janet Sue and Benjamin Walter.
After they retired, they returned to the New Market area of the Shenandoah Valley where they spent the rest of their lives.
Harold was the son of Noah Walter (1876-1948) and Elizabeth (Cox) (1877-1952) Coffman. He joined the Civilian Public Service (CPS), a program developed at the onset of WWII which provided those whose conscience forbade them to kill, the opportunity to do work of national importance under civilian direction rather than go to war.
Flora was born in Maurertown, the daughter of Levi and Susie Gochenour and the last surviving of their nine children.
She married Harold Coffman in 1938. While he served in the CPS, Flora lived in the Valley and raised their daughter, Phyllis Mae.
After his CPS service, they moved to the Washington, DC, area where they lived for thirty years. During that time, they had two more children, Janet Sue and Benjamin Walter.
After they retired, they returned to the New Market area of the Shenandoah Valley where they spent the rest of their lives.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca 1939
Contributor
Landon R. Walker, who was a relative of the subjects.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Flora (Gochenour) Coffman is also pictured in Morrison Studio collection #004222.
Identifier
004955
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Harold & Flora (Gochenour) Coffman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 27, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/34914.
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