Tag: Patricia Ruth Coffelt

Graveside memorial services for Patricia Ruth “Patty” Coffelt, 84, Lawrence, will be held at a later date.
Patty died Sunday, November 18, 2018, at the Pioneer Ridge Nursing Facility.
She was born December 22, 1933, in Stull, Oklahoma, the daughter of Richard and Alta Marie Williams Hollon. She spent her childhood in Milfay, Oklahoma and moved to Lawrence as a teenager and graduated from Liberty Memorial High School in 1951.
Patty worked as a waitress at Drake’s for many years. She enjoyed going to McDonald’s to meet friends, shopping, listening to country music, collecting recipes, following KU basketball and playing pitch.
She married Gerald Owens on her 18th birthday. Patty later married Charlie “Chuck” Coffelt who preceded her in death.
Survivors include, a daughter, Gera Owens Elliott (Kirby) of Lawrence; three grandchildren (Kristin Vickers, Lynzee Backus and Brett Elliott) and five great-grandchildren (Jordan and Cooper Avery, Ellie Vickers, and Alexis and Lucy Backus).
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Pioneer Ridge Activity Fund, sent in care of the funeral home.