Linden B. and Alese (Hoffman) Coffman
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Title
Linden B. and Alese (Hoffman) Coffman
Subject
Coffman, Linden Bower (1923-2008)
Coffman, Alese Selma (Hoffman) (1923-1971)
Military personnel - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Linden Bower Coffman wearing his U.S. Army Air Corps uniform and standing beside his first wife, Alese Selma (Hoffman) Coffman.
Linden Bower Coffman was born in Mt. Airy, Va., a son of Clinton and Virgie (Bowers) Coffman.
Linden was a 1941 graduate of Woodstock High School. During WWII, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he received the Purple Heart. During his life, he worked as a meat cutter for Tom Eagle's Slaughterhouse, clerked in the F&G Supermarket in Woodstock, and was a partner in the Woodstock Pool Hall. He retired from the Woodstock Post Office after 25 years of service.
His first wife was Alese Selma Hoffman, the daughter of Harry Cecil (1902-1964) and Golda E. (Ritenour) (1904-1927) Hoffman.
The couple had three children together -- Sandra S., Ronald Franklin, and Holly -- before she died of breast cancer.
Linden married again and spent 28 years with his second wife, Nancy, before he, too, reached the end of his life.
Linden Bower Coffman was born in Mt. Airy, Va., a son of Clinton and Virgie (Bowers) Coffman.
Linden was a 1941 graduate of Woodstock High School. During WWII, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, where he received the Purple Heart. During his life, he worked as a meat cutter for Tom Eagle's Slaughterhouse, clerked in the F&G Supermarket in Woodstock, and was a partner in the Woodstock Pool Hall. He retired from the Woodstock Post Office after 25 years of service.
His first wife was Alese Selma Hoffman, the daughter of Harry Cecil (1902-1964) and Golda E. (Ritenour) (1904-1927) Hoffman.
The couple had three children together -- Sandra S., Ronald Franklin, and Holly -- before she died of breast cancer.
Linden married again and spent 28 years with his second wife, Nancy, before he, too, reached the end of his life.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "June 1945" on box of plates.
Contributor
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Alese (Hoffman) Coffman appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001137, 002715, 008208, 013613 and 017848.
Identifier
013613
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Linden B. and Alese (Hoffman) Coffman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed September 7, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/43464.
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