Gertrude Josephine Coffman ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: LYSZ-MMG.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁷ Reuben Bucher [census taker's handwriting could easily be Biecher instead of Bucher], laborer in iron works, 47, was married for 26 years to wife Mary, 43. She had given birth to 10 children, 7 of whom were living in 1910. Also in their household: Priscilla, machine operator in shirt factory, 21; James, barber, 16; Agnes, 13; John, 10; Joseph, 8; and Helen, 7. Also in the home was Gertrude Kauffman, granddaughter, 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania as were their parents.

2. Census in 1920 in Reading, Berks, PA. ² The 1920 census recorded renting at 412 Johnson Street: Charles W. Kichert, bolt maker, 43, living with wife Percilla G., 31; daughter Gertrude J., 15; and son James F., 11 months old when the census was recorded on 8 Jan 1920. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Cause of Death: Gertrude died of coronary occlusion, arteriosclerosis, 25 Oct 1964, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁵

4. Residence: 887 E. Mifflin St., Lebanon, PA on 25 Oct 1964 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁵

5. Obituary: Lebanon Daily News: obituary of Gertrude J. Coffman Rudy on 26 Oct 1964 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁴ Mrs Gertrude J Coffman Rudy, 58, 887 E Mifflin St., died suddenly about 1 pm Sunday at her home. Death was attributed to a heart attack. She was the wife of Wayne F Rudy.
She was a member of St Gertrude's Catholic Church.
Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Charles Roth, Lebanon; four grandchildren; one brother, James Kocher, Chambersburg, and three nieces and three nephews.

Gertrude married Wayne F. Rudy on 8 Apr 1944 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA.¹ (Wayne F. Rudy was born on 1 Oct 1904 in , Lebanon, PA,⁸ died on 29 Jun 1966 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{8 9} and was buried on 2 Jul 1966 in Lebanon: St. Gertrude's Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ^{8 9}.)