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Ray A Coffey
Services are Friday at 7:30 PM in the funeral home,,, Visitation at 7:000 PM burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Garden, Kansas City, KS Saturday at 1:00 PM with full military honors Raymond Allen Coffey was born June 16, 1931, passed away September 13, 2021. Ray was the son of Ellen Delilah Markle-Coffey and Claude Allen Coffee of KCK. He had three sisters, Doris (Bernard) Beard, Frieda Coffey, and Mary (Don) Skiles. Donna Millsap-Coffey was his wife for 43 years, died in 2004, and their son Keith Allen Coffey died in 1984. Those of us who will deeply miss him are: dear friend Doris Thayer of Stockton, Missouri; daughters Cheryll (Rod) Steadham, Tonganoxie, Kansas; and Diane (Les) Pieper, Stockton, Missouri; along with five grandchildren and their spouses plus three great-grandchildren. Ray graduated in 1950 from Wyandotte High School and started his first job at an Auto Parts store in KCMO. He served in the US Army from 1951-54 with basic training at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, and then stationed at Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage, Alaska, as a Ham Radio Operator. Returning home in 1954, dad met mom, and they married on October 8, 1955. They raised three children in Edwardsville, Kansas. Ray worked at Certain-Teed from 1955 until he retired in 1990 and moved to Stockton Lake, Missouri. As a young man, Ray, aka Big Dawg, was a celebrated high school pitcher, having played baseball in the Ban Johnson and Kaw Valley leagues, along with his future brothers-in-law, the Millsap boys. His entire life was filled with learning new skills. He earned a private pilot's license and, along with Dale Thompson, bought and flew a Luscombe aircraft. He learned to train bird dogs which became a love and passion. After learning the skill in the army, he spent most of his life as an avid ham radio operator. He especially loved hunting, fishing, and canoeing with his young son, Keith. As a matter of fact, he loved anything to do with family, travel, or the outdoors. Visitation Friday, September 17, 2021, at 7:00 PM service at 7:30 PM at the Bland-Brumback Funeral Home Stockton, Missouri. Graveside service Saturday 9, 2021 1:00 PM Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. Afterward, family and friends are invited to gather together at the home of Cheryl and Rod Steadham. In Lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the ShowMe Christian Youth Home, 24302 Mahin Rd, La Monte, MO 65337September 13, 202109/13/2021
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