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Mamie Funkhouser Riffey Coffelt

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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.

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

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Mamie Funkhouser Riffey Coffelt,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/27645.

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