Obituaries

Clarice Winchester Coffey, 88, formerly of Sherman, received her wings on January 13, 2021 surrounded by her family in Lewisville, Texas. A graveside service will be held on Friday, January 15, 2021 at 1:00 PM at West Hill Cemetery in Sherman. Pastor Leland Samuelson will officiate. Family and friends may gather at Dannel Funeral Home from 12:00 PM until 12:45 PM before the service. Ms. Coffey was born on December 5, 1932 in Sherman, Texas to Clarence and Alice Winchester. She was the second of five children. She was raised in Sherman and attended Fred Douglas, graduating in 1949. She met and eventually married James Foster in Sherman and due to his service in the Army Air Corps the family moved all over the country. She had three children, Douglas, Beverly, and David. After returning to Sherman, she later married Nathan Coffey and had another child, Vanessa. Ms. Coffey began working at Texas Instruments in Sherman where she worked until her retirement in 1994. After her health declined, in 2016, she moved in with her daughter Beverly and son David. Ms. Coffey loved her family and loved her Lord. She loved her Gospel music and loved to take photographs, her favorite subjects were her family. Ms. Coffey was an amazing cook and she talked at length to her children about the family history. Her children, who are Bible leaders, would engage with their mother about the Bible which would become life lessons for all. She was a sweet, loving, kind, generous, compassionate person who was loved deeply by her family and all that had the pleasure of spending time with her. She was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings, Betty Polk, G.W. Winchester, Jo Margaret Nolan, and Maj. Wayne Winchester, and daughter, Vanessa Coffey. Ms. Coffey is survived by son, Douglas Foster and wife Brenda, daughter Beverly Ann “Shang” Foster, and son, David Foster; five grandchildren; five great grandchildren; many cousins, nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.