Kern County Obituaries

A. D. Coffill

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Mojave Desert News; 18 Oct 1945

Old-time Resident Passed Away Monday
A. D. Coffill, 75, well known and a long resident of Mojave passed away suddenly 
on Monday afternoon of this week, at the local hospital immediately after he had 
been taken there by Deputy Sheriff Glen Roberts and Constable George Hodges. He
had passed on when Dr. Horswill came to examine him.
"Micky", as he was affectionately known to all his friends, came to. Mojave in 
1905 and has resided here continuously ever since.
He always had a pleasant word far everyone and was known as a man whose word was 
as good as his bond. In doing business with him one never needed a legal paper to
protect his interests for what Micky told you was what he would stand by.
Well to do, his charities were numerous although no one knew what they were, for 
he was a man who did not believe in letting his right hand know what his left was 
doing, to quote the scriptures.
He leaves two sisters who reside in Canada, his brother-in- law, John Nestor of 
Mojave and his niece, Mrs. Vernon Majors of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be 
held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at St. Mary's Catholic. Church and the body 
will lie in state in the mortuary of O'Donnell's Funeral Home which firm has 
charge of all arrangements.		
Burial will take place in the Union Cemetery in Bakersfield beside the grave of 
his beloved wife, who passed on four years ago. And in closing we can only pay 
him that greatest of all compliments, "He Was A Man."

NOTE:
Name: Aubrey Dewolf Cofill b. 05 Jun 1869, Canada 
                           d. 15 Oct 1945, Mojave, Kern, Calif.
Wife: May Ellen SHADLEY b. 01 Jan 1888, Mojave, Kern, Calif. 
                        d. 25 May 1941, Kern County Calif. 
Mother’s Maiden Name : CUNNINGHAM