Wilma June Coffey, daughter of the late G.M. and Montie Barton Barbour, was born Oct. 18, 1931, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life May 16, 2015, at the Mulberry Manor in Dexter at the age of 83.
Known to her grandchildren as "Mom-Mom," June was a member of the First Baptist Church in Dexter. She gave freely of her time to the church, where she served as organist and Sunday school teacher for 45 years. When she wasn't serving at the church, she enjoyed traveling and fishing opportunities with her husband, Bob. Her greatest achievement in life was raising her four children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, whose lives she impacted more than she could have imagined.
On July 17, 1951, she was united in marriage to Bob Coffey in Dexter. Mr. Coffey survives of their residence.
Besides her husband, she is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Kay Coffey of Cape Girardeau; three daughters and their spouses, Jan and Dave Reimann of Cape Girardeau, Vicki and Jody Lemmon of Dexter and Lisa and Greg Mathis of Dexter; two brothers, Dr. John Barbour of Florida and the Rev. Jeff Barbour of Fort Knob, Kentucky; eight grandchildren and their spouses, Chad and Liz Reimann of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, J.J. Lemmon of Dexter, Christy and Brandon Vaughn of Dexter, the Rev. Dr. Eric Mathis and Brittany of Birmingham, Alabama, Josh and Katie Reimann of Louisville, Kentucky, Aaron and Brittany Mathis of Dexter, Bobby Coffey of Cape Girardeau and Rachel Coffey of Cape Girardeau; and 10 great-grandchildren, Eliott Reimann, Garett Reimann, Natalie Reimann, Lily Reimann, Noah Reimann, Chloe Lemmon, Delaney Lemmon, Brayden Vaughn, Mabree June Vaughn and Harper Anne Mathis.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Wallace "Jerry" Barbour, and one brother in infancy.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church in Dexter, with the Rev. Dr. Eric Mathis, the Rev. Josh Reimann and the Rev. George Nite officiating. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests all memorials be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 9370 Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63132-3253 or First Baptist Church Missions Fund, 11 W. Castor Street, Dexter, Missouri 63841.
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