Clara "Betty" E. Coffey

Clara "Betty" E. Coffey, age 79 of Hamilton, passed away at Birchwood Care Center on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. She was born in Hamilton on March 20, 1934 to Charles and Vicie (Buttrey) Lynch. On September 17, 1949 in Covington, KY she married Lee Coffey and they were happily married for 32 years. Betty had attended Highway of Holiness, and Victory Pentecostal Tabernacle Church. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, and devoted her life to taking care of her children and family.

She is survived by three sons, Robert (Lesha) Coffey, Randall (Patricia) Coffey, and Gregory (Belinda) Coffey; two daughters, Sharon (Barry) Uhde, and Deborah (JD) Cox; 15 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, James Coffey, and Raymond Coffey; her parents; four brothers, Robert, Earl, Herchel, and Charles Lynch; and a sister, Doris Jane Lynch.

Funeral service will be held at the Brown-Dawson-Flick Funeral Home,1350 Millville Avenue, on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 12:00 PM with Randall Coffey of Victory Pentecostal Tabernacle officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Saturday from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the funeral home. Memorial contributions can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. The family would like to extend a thank you to the staff at Birchwood Care Center, especially Sabrina for her special kindness, and Hospice of Southwest Ohio for their care and compassion.