Mona Bryan Coffman, 82

Mona Bryan Coffman died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006, at St. John's Lutheran Hospital in Libby. She was born March 16, 1924, in Watsonville, Calif., to Ellis and Ethel Birdsall Bryan, the youngest of eight children and the only daughter.

She graduated with a general science (mathematics) degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1945, and upon graduation married Edwin Elmer Borovec and moved to Elmer City, Wash., where she raised her family.

She was on the school board, was an important member of the PTA, was a swimming instructor and managed the local Red Cross swim program. She was an active member of the Coulee Dam Community Church and helped remodel the church.

Mona moved to Spokane, where she worked as a steel cutter in a heavy industrial manufacturing plant. She also was a professional cabinet maker and an accomplished stonemason.

On May 1, 1979, Mona and Ben Case were married and lived in Waterville, Wash. Within a few years they moved to Troy, where they attended Holy Trinity Church. Mona served as treasurer and she was a member of the Altar Guild.

Mona and Lester Sherman Coffman were married Feb. 18, 1995, in Troy. For the past 10 years, she was a faithful member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and attended Holy Trinity Church. She was also active in the local library's Literacy Program and took great pleasure in teaching adults to read.

She is survived by her husband, Lester Sherman Coffman; her daughter, Beverly Bryan Wallace; her son Ronald Bryan Borovec and daughter-in-law, Rochelle Anne Goldberg; her son Robert Bryan Borovec and daughter-in-law, Kathryn Marie Callahan.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 109 W. Poplar, Libby, MT 59923.

Memorial donations in Mona's name may be made to St. Luke's.