Frederick Coffee

1. FREDERICK JOHN COFFEE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY MARCH 27 ^TH AT HOME.

BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE LATE ELIZABETH COFFEE (BARISH).

DEAR FATHER TO KAREN (ROBERT HOOVEN), MICHAEL, FREDRIC AND BRIAN  (NANCY).

BROTHER OF GEORGE (DOROTHY) SMITHRO AND DANIEL SMITHRO.

CHERISHED GREAT GRANDFATHER TO RYAN , JULIA, JACOB, AND UNBORN BABY HOOVEN (DUE SEPT); GRANDFATHER TO DANIEL (CRYSTAL), KIMBERLY (RAYMOND), DANIELLE, GREGORY, REBECCA AND AVERY.

FREDERICK WAS BORN ON THE SIXTH OF NOVEMBER, 1931 IN BENSCREEK, PA. TO MARY (WALTERS) AND PETER COFFEE.

HE VOLUNTEERED AND PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND WAS STATIONED IN ENGLAND DURING THE KOREAN WAR. HE SERVED IN A FORWARD DEPLOYED BOMBER SQUADRON AND THE MILITARY POLICE.

HE WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER AND OFFICER OF THE BEDFORD FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE EAGLES AND A NATURAL ATHLETE, HE LOVED TO PLAY MOST SPORTS INCLUDING GOLF, FISHING, HUNTING, HORSESHOES, POOL, SWIMMING, SOFTBALL, BOXING, AND FOOTBALL. HE ALSO PLAYED SEMI PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL AS A PITCHER AND EVEN THREW A NO-HITTER! HE LOVED TO WATCH HIS PITTSBURGH STEELERS AND NEW YORK YANKEES!  HE LOVED TO PLAY THE RACE HORSES FIRST AT THISTLEDOWN, THEN NORTHFIELD TRACK. HE ENJOYED GARDENING AND GREW TASTY TOMATOES!

HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, MARY AND PETER, BY HIS GRANDSON, ANDREW (HOOVEN), HIS BROTHER, PETER, AND HIS BELOVED WIFE, ELIZABETH.

FLOWERS ARE WELCOME AT THE SERVICE. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SUGGESTED TO CLEVELAND CLINIC HOSPICE ( http://give.ccf.org/give-Hospice and THE DISABLED VETERANS OF AMERICA.

CATHOLIC SERVICES WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 AT 10AM AT ST. MARY’S CHURCH, 340 Union Avenue,  BEDFORD. INTERMENT OHIO WESTERN RESERVE NATIONAL CEMETERY FOLLOWING AT 12:30PM (FULL MILITARY BURIAL).

FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE DONALD A. FAULHABER FUNERAL HOME, 7915 BROADVIEW RD (AT SPRAGUE) ON WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 30 ^TH FROM 4PM-8PM.

THE FAMILY APPRECIATES YOUR CONDOLENCES AND WELL WISHES DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME.