OBITUARY | Marguerite Coffey

Marguerite Coffey, 92, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died Dec. 15.

Born July 25, 1921, she graduated from the Barnard School for Girls and Trinity College in Washington, D.C.

She met and soon became engaged to Lt. Richard Coffey, of the Army Air Corps. Their plans were waylaid when he was shot down over Germany and spent 18 months in the German Stalah Luft 3. After the war, they married, and she gave birth to three sons and raised a family in Scarsdale, N.Y., where she served as chauffeur nonpareil and as a dutiful ice hockey mom. In 1969, the Coffeys moved to Longboat Key, where they shared many happy years and were regulars at the Longboat Key Club and Café L’Europe.

Mrs. Coffey lived on Longboat Key until Mr. Coffey’s death in 1989. She then moved to Sarasota Bay Club, where she spent the rest of her life.

Mrs. Coffey is survived by her three sons, Bryan, Dennis and Patrick; two grandsons; and two great-grandchildren.

A funeral was held Dec. 22.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the American Cancer Society.