Daniel Coffey, age 76 years and 22 days, of Strunk, Kentucky passed away Friday, April 20, 2012 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Kentucky.

Funeral services were held Monday, April 23, 2012 at 2:00 pm at the Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home with Bro. Stewart Jones, Bro. George Coffey, and Bro. Delmas Watson officiating. Burial was in the Sherd Dobbs Cemetery.

He was born March 29, 1936 in White Oak Junction, Kentucky to John Herbert Coffey and Lillie Dobbs Coffey. Daniel was a member of the Cherokee United Baptist Church and was a veteran of the US Air Force. He was a mechanical electrician before his retirement, having worked for the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company and Justus Mines. During his spare time he enjoyed gardening and hunting ginseng. He also loved to spend time with his friends and family, especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents, brothers, Lloyd William Coffey and Dallas Coffey, sisters, Wanda Burke and Elsie Gregory, and a niece, Melissa Coffey.

Survivors include his wife of fifty-five years, Wanda Leigh Roberts Coffey of Strunk, Kentucky, his children, Daniel Coffey, Jr., Deborah Karen Ross and her husband, Lonnie, Ricky Joe Coffey, Nelson Anthony Coffey, Steve Coffey and his wife, Rose Mary, and Kevin Wayne Coffey, all of Strunk, Kentucky, brothers, Kenneth Coffey and his wife, Mable, of Strunk, Kentucky, Kelly Coffey and his wife, Janet, of Muncie, Indiana, and Bobby Coffey and his wife, Janice, of Stearns, Kentucky, sisters, Lois Koger and her husband, Wendell, of Muncie, Indiana and Doris Coffey of Smithtown, Kentucky, brothers-in-law, Willis Burke of Lafayette, Indiana and Dester Gregory of Bronston, Kentucky, grandchildren, Lonzo Brian Ross, Brad Daniel Ross and his wife, Emily, Stephanie Michelle Worley and her husband, Ryan, Leigha Marie Sumner and her husband, Dennis, Tyler Dewayne Coffey and his wife, Tiffany, and Kristi Lee Coffey, and great grandchildren, Megan Sumner, Lonzo Vincent Ross, Mason Daniel Ross, Lillie Marie Sumner, Hunter Daniel Bradley Coffey, Kinzlee Temperance Coffey, and Lukas Reid Sumner.