Mamie Funkhouser Riffey Coffelt
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Mamie Funkhouser Riffey Coffelt
Subject
Coffelt, Mamie (Funkhouser) Riffey (1896-1989)
Description
Portrait of Mamie Funkhouser Riffey Coffelt seated on a bench.
Mamie was from Mt. Jackson, the daughter of Samuel Green Funkhouser, a teacher, and Eunice Idella (Swartz) Funkhouser. She was the oldest of seven children.
Her first husband was Carl Edward Riffey (1904-1960), a farm laborer, who she married in 1922. By 1940, Mamie lived alone and was the proprietor of a grocery store. She and Carl divorced in 1941 and two years later Mamie married for the second time.
Hugh Albert Coffelt (1879-1971) was a twice married widow when he married Mamie in 1943. He farmed and Mamie worked as a clerk.
Mamie did not have children and lived in Mt. Jackson when she died.
Mamie was from Mt. Jackson, the daughter of Samuel Green Funkhouser, a teacher, and Eunice Idella (Swartz) Funkhouser. She was the oldest of seven children.
Her first husband was Carl Edward Riffey (1904-1960), a farm laborer, who she married in 1922. By 1940, Mamie lived alone and was the proprietor of a grocery store. She and Carl divorced in 1941 and two years later Mamie married for the second time.
Hugh Albert Coffelt (1879-1971) was a twice married widow when he married Mamie in 1943. He farmed and Mamie worked as a clerk.
Mamie did not have children and lived in Mt. Jackson when she died.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "March 1944" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Ruby Phillips who was a family friend of the subject. In 1944, Ruby and her family lived with the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
007981
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Mamie Funkhouser Riffey Coffelt,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 27, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/27645.
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