A memorial service for Wayne F. Coffin, age 79, will be at  2:00  P.M. Monday, December 18, 2006, at the Hoover Building, with James Hays officiating.  Cremation arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory.  There will be no viewing or visitation at the funeral home.  The memorial book will be available for signing at the memorial service.

            He was born to Robert James and Bernice Marie (Lebo) Coffin on June 4, 1927 in Forgan, Oklahoma, and died Friday, December 15, 2006, at St. Mary’s Health Center in Enid.

            Wayne grew up in Forgan, OK, Great Bend, KS,  and Minneola, KS, and attended high school in Bloom, KS.  On June 4, 1950, he married Barbara “Joan” Buckhannan in Minneola.  They resided in Great Bend and Minneola before transferring to Mooreland, OK in 1959, where he worked for Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America as a Gas Measurement Tech until his retirement in 1985.  They moved to Enid in 1987.  He was a cowboy, and enjoyed cattle and horses, as well as gardening.

            He is survived by his wife Joan of the home; one daughter Vicki Coffin Lunday and husband Neal of Rush Springs, OK, three sons, Wayne Lynn Coffin of Fairview, Larry Eugene Coffin and wife Benita of Mooreland, and Galen Lee Coffin and wife Kristi of Enid; twelve grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

            He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother Robert James Coffin, and infant sister.