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Obituary for Coffman


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday November 15, 1998

Waple Warren Coffman passed away November 5, 1998, a resident of Albuquerque for 53 years and Bloomfield, NM for nine years. Born in Homer, Louisiana on January 14, 1921 to L.H. and Dora Coffman. He attended the University of New Mexico, served in the Navy in WWII. Waple was a building contractor in Albuquerque and Colorado Springs, CO in the 50s and 60s. He was an avid reader and outdoorsman. He is survived by two sons, Gary Warren and Gene Niles Coffman of Gallup, NM and Las Vegas, NV; one grandsons, Preston; two sisters, Frances Pizinger, Melba Quick of Albuquerque; nieces, Sandra Stevens of Portland, OR, Patricia Desmond of Las Vegas, NV; nephews, Danny and Randall Quick of Albuquerque. Cremation has taken place. Services are pending at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe.