Marie Coffelt

Marie S. Coffelt, age 91, was born on April 11, 1913, in Sullivan, Wisconsin, and passed away peacefully on September 13, 2004, in Culpepper Place, Springfield, Missouri.

Marie was a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Nursing in Chicago, Illinois. She worked as a registered nurse at St. John's Hospital in Springfield for many years, retiring in 1975. Upon her retirement she acted as a volunteer for the American Heart Association by taking blood pressures throughout the community. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church.

Marie was predeceased by her parents, Lawrence and Ubena Sharratt, her sister Ruth Sharratt, a sister and brother-in-law, Nellie and Lester Dahlke of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and a brother Roger Sharratt of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Survivors include brothers and sisters-in law, Robert and Ione Sharratt of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Glenn and Jane Sharratt of Wautoma, Wisconsin; a niece and her husband, Jean and Clifford McCormick of Independence, Missouri; and many more nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews, and great-great-nieces and a great-great- nephew.

Marie's body has been donated to the University of Missouri Medical School under the care of Herman H. Lohmeyer Funeral Home.

A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, September 18, in St. Paul United Methodist Church. Memorial gifts may be made to St. Paul UMC, to Community Hospices of Springfield, or to the American Heart Association of Springfield.