Della Claris Offill Coburn

Della Claris Offill Coburn obituary, South Point, OH

Della Claris Offill Coburn

Della Coburn Obituary

Published by Wallace Family Funeral Home on Jul. 4, 2011.
DELLA CLARIS OFFILL COBURN, 76 of South Point, OH, went to her new Heavenly Home Monday, July 4, 2011 in Community Hospice Care Center, Ashland, KY. Funeral services will be 11 AM Friday, July 8, 2011 at First Southern Baptist Church, South Point, OH with Pastor Ricky Kirk and Pastor Ric Frazier officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point, OH. Della was born September 3, 1934 in Ashland, KY, a daughter of the late Russell and Ollie Walker Offill. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by one sister, Barbara Sue Hogg; and sister and brother in laws, Bill (Ann) Coburn, Carl Coburn, Joe Coburn, Rondal Robinson of all of Ironton, OH and Rodney Haines of KY. She was a 1952 graduate of South Point High School and attended First Southern Baptist Church where she was a faithful servant. Della is survived by her husband, Russell Coburn; one son, David Russell (Paula) Coburn of Franklin Furnace, OH; two daughters, Catherine Annette Coburn of South Point, OH and Diana (Brian “Woody�) Woodyard of Chesapeake, OH; two brothers, Edward (Jenny) Offill of New Burn, NC and Paul (Elizabeth) Offill of Medina, OH; four sisters, Stella (David) Newman of Elyria, OH, Irene Burcham and her late husband, Lloyd of Elyria, OH, Clara Cornette and her late husband, John of Ashland, KY and Lucille (Terry) Hankins of Ironton, OH; three grandchildren, Michael A. (Miranda) Hildreth of South Point, OH, Gerrica L. Woodyard and Shayna B. Woodyard both of Chesapeake, OH; several nieces and nephews; and sister and brother in laws, Pat Coburn of Ironton, OH, Dorothy Coburn Meredith of California, Shirley Coburn Haines of Kentucky, Jenny Coburn (Jerry) Vaughn, Lou Coburn Robinson, Ken (Mary) Coburn all of Ironton, OH and Ralph (Pat) Coburn of South Point, OH. Special thanks to the staff of King’s Daughter Medical Center, Heartland of Riverview, Ashland Community Hospice, Patriot Ambulance, MTS Ambulance and for the many acts of kindness as she made her journey home. Friends may call from 5 to 8 PM Thursday at Slack and Wallace Funeral Home, South Point, OH. Condolences may be expressed at www.slackandwallace.com.

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