Beulah ?Boots? Coffel, of Benton Harbor, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at Lakeland
Hospital. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 1pm, Saturday, July 19, 2003, with Rev. Jill
Rasmussen-Baker officiating, at Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home, 2650 Niles Rd., St.
Joseph. Burial will be in North Shore Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 6-9pm, Friday, July
18, 2003, at the Funeral Home. Friends wishing to sign the guest-book or share a memory online may
do so at www.starks-menchinger.com
?Boots? was born on September 8, 1919 in Benton Harbor to George and Viola (Johnson) Davis. She
married Vayne Coffel in 1934. She worked at Shepherd Products for seventeen years.
Mrs. Coffel is survived by a daughter Sharon (Earl) Elston; a son Gale Robert Coffel; a sister
Geraldine Cluster, all of Benton Harbor; eleven grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren, and
seventeen great-great-grandchildren.
?Boots? was preceded in death by her husband Vayne Coffel, on March 8, 1989; a daughter Barbara
Luhrsen, in 2003; and a son Vayne ?Bucky? Coffel in 1972.
To share a memory or send a condolence gift, please visit the Official Obituary of Beulah V. Coffel hosted by Stark Family Funeral Homes.