Coffman Reunion 2012!

This year's reunion will take place on Friday, August 3 and Saturday, August 4.   On Friday evening we will meet at the Coffman Family Shelter House at 5:30 for Wisconsin Brats and a carry-in supper.  On Saturday we will meet at the Winigan Community Building at noon for a carry-in lunch.  We will have a live auction (bring something for the auction!).   Please come!!

Pictures from our 2011 Reunion

Cousins!



Mary Coffman Baker and family

The Coffman sisters:  Darlene, Mary, Josephine, and Geraldine. 
These are the four remaining children of Sylvester and Jessie Coffman.

Virginia Coffman (wife of the late Lenny Coffman) and family

Darlene Coffman Yeo and family

Geraldine Coffman Lessly with daughter and granddaughter.

Descendants of the late Freddie and Neva Coffman

The great-grandkids of Sylvester and Jessie Coffman

Lorna Coffman (wife of the late Robert Coffman), Jeannette Coffman Gregory (daughter of the late Freddie Coffman), and Jim Coffman (son of the late Vester Coffman)

The great-great-grandkids of Sylvester and Jessie Coffman

Jill, Gerry, Darlene, Jane, Chris,and Jim

The scene from our family shelter house in northeast Missouri.

Coffman Family Reunion 2011

The 2011 Coffman Family Reunion will be held on Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August 6.   We will gather at the Coffman Family Shelterhouse on highway V, about 7 miles from Winigan, MO.  On Friday we will start gathering at around 5:30 and will eat our usual brats on the grill.  Please bring a covered dish or dessert to share!  I would also suggest bringing a lawn chair, too.  On Saturday, we will start the festivities at around noon and will probably eat at around 12:30 or so.   Again, bring your favorite covered dish (meat or side dish) or dessert to share.  We will not have a silent or live auction this year, but we will have a raffle for a pre-stamped queen size quilt and two shams that were donated by Chris, Gerry, and Caroline.  Raffle tickets will be $5 each or 3 for $12.   Proceeds from the raffle will go to the shelter house fund and will cover costs related to upkeep, as well as flowers/gifts for family or friends that have passed away.   Please come and join us!!!

Coffman Family Reunion 1988 - Milan, Missouri

This group picture was taken at the end of the 1988 reunion.

It was held at the Milan City Park.    There were 10 of the

12 children of Jessie and Sylvester Coffman in attendance

at this reunion.

John Allen Coffman Family

John Allen Coffman Family

Front L to R:  Mary Coffman Bunch, John Allen Coffman, Florence Carmack Coffman

Back L to R:  Eva Coffman Nickell, Sylvester Coffman, Lily Coffman Branter, Belva Coffman Moddrell

Taken approximately 1911

Five Sisters and Two Nieces - 2003

I just got a new printer/copier/scanner, so I'm going through some older pictures to scan into my computer.  Here is a picture of the Coffman Sisters and two of the nieces taken on Mother's Day 2003.  We were all gathered in Kansas City for the weekend and went to church together.

Bottom L to R:  Geraldine Coffman Lessly, Mary Coffman Baker, Josephine Coffman Baker Yardley, Mattie Coffman Belzer, and  Darlene Coffman Yeo

Top L to R:  Chris Lessly (daughter of Geraldine Lessly) and Jan Pfeiffer Davis (daughter of Darlene Yeo)

Family Reunion 2010

                                         Setting up tables for the Friday night gathering

Zacalen Lohman, daughter of Ashley (Davis) and Jimmie Lohman, granddaughter of Jan (Pfeiffer) and Michael Davis and g-granddaughter of Darlene (Coffman) Yeo.

L to R:  Carol (Coffman) Westaby, daughter of Lorna and the late Robert Coffman, Josephine (Coffman Baker) Yardley, Paul Yardley, and Milton Belzer, son of the late Mattie (Coffman) and Lezlie Belzer.

Caroline Lessly, daughter of Chris Ann Lessly, and granddaughter of Geraldine (Coffman) Lessly

Waiting to eat on Saturday.  L to R:  Zacalen Lohman, Larry Yeo, Jimmy Lohman, Ashley (Davis) Lohman, Lorna Coffman

Bubbles were quite popular with the kids.  L to R:  Kim McNear (wife of Daniel McNear), Caroline Lessly, daughter of Chris Ann Lessly, g-daughter of Geraldine (Coffman) Lessly, and Kyleigh McNear, daughter of Kim and Daniel McNear, g-daughter of Dennis and Pam McNear, and gg-daughter of Carol and the late Marion McNear.

L to R:  Alexx McNear, son of Daniel and Kim McNear, g-son of Dennis and Pam McNear, gg-son of Carol and the late Marion McNear, Taylor and Austin Baker, twin sons of Ryne Baker, g-son of Bradley and Pam Baker, gg-son of Mary Baker, and Jesse Westaby, son of Carol (Coffman) and Mike Westaby, and g-son of Lorna and the late Robert Coffman.

The remaining four children of Sylvester and Jessie (Fanning) Coffman.

Top L to R:   Darlene (Coffman) Yeo and Geraldine (Coffman) Lessly.

Bottom L to R:  Mary (Coffman) Baker and Josephine (Coffman-Baker) Yardley.

The 2010 Coffman Family Reunion is now in the history books.  There were 26 in attendance on Friday night and 63 in attendance on Saturday.  The weather was cooperative....the temperature under the Coffman Family shelter house on the hilltop of Mommy and Poppy's property was in the upper 80's.  We ate wonderful food......bratwurst and calico beans from Lorna Coffman, blackberry cobbler from Josephine (Coffman Baker) Yardley, brisket, corn-on-the-cob, and peach cobbler from Darlene (Coffman) Yeo, chocolate chip cookies and turtle cake from Geraldine (Coffman) Lessly, dirt cake, deviled eggs, cucumbers, rice crispy treats, and homemade bread with plum butter from Sheila (Sherman) Druffel (childhood friend of Chris Ann Lessly's).....and the list could go on.    First time attenders were Caroline Lessly (daughter of Chris Ann Lessly, g-daughter of Geraldine Lessly), Maci Glidewell (daughter of Jennifer (Buell) Glidewell, g-daughter of John Buell, gg-daughter of Marva Buell, ggg-daughter of the late Freddie and Neva Coffman), and Hunter Buell (son of Jason and Faithe Buell, g-son of Marva Buell, gg-son of the late Freddie and Neva Coffman).    We should never take our immediate and extended families for granted.  We do something special that many families don't do......we gather once a year to re-connect, to catch up, to fellowship.  We create new family memories for the young family members.   It is SO important that we create those memories for the young Coffman family members!!   See everyone next year.