Flora (Gochenour) Coffman
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Title
Flora (Gochenour) Coffman
Subject
Coffman, Flora Gochenour (1916-2022)
Description
Portrait photograph of Flora (Gochenour) Coffman as a young woman.
Flora was born in Maurertown, the daughter of Levi and Susie (Wakeman) Gochenour. She was one of nine children.
She married Harold Coffman (1916-1995) in 1938. While he served in the Civilian Public Service (CPS) during WWII, 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 Coffman.
After they retired, they moved back to the Shenandoah Valley where they spent much of the rest of their lives in the New Market area.
Flora was born in Maurertown, the daughter of Levi and Susie (Wakeman) Gochenour. She was one of nine children.
She married Harold Coffman (1916-1995) in 1938. While he served in the Civilian Public Service (CPS) during WWII, 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 Coffman.
After they retired, they moved back to the Shenandoah Valley where they spent much of the rest of their lives in the New Market area.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "1939" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified in 2003 by the subject herself who was living in Maurertown by then.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
Also identified in 2003 by her friend, Eva Cline.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Flora (Gochenour) Coffman is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection images 004222, 004955, and 013132.
Identifier
004222
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Flora (Gochenour) Coffman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 23, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/32667.
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