Ray Harrison Coatney

1891 - 1960  (68 years)

• Name	Ray Harrison Coatney
  Birth	22 Dec 1891	near Minneapolis, MN; lived in Ottawa Co., KS
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Apr 1960	Burial: Fairview Cem., Ottawa Co., KS
  Person ID	I7677	forneyclark
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Henry Nashville Coatney,   b. 27 Feb 1867, Deputy, Jennings Co., IN d. 27 Dec 1950, Ada, Ottawa, KS; burial: Fairview Cem., Ottawa Co., KS (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jane "Maggie" Kirkland,   b. 1869   d. 21 May 1911, Burial: Fairview Cem., Ottawa Co., KS (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1888
  Family ID	F2779	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mona LeBaron,   b. 1895   d. 1993, Burial: Fairview Cem., Ottawa Co., KS (Age 98 years)
  Children	1. Ray Irvin Coatney,   b. 29 Jul 1914, Ada, Ottawa Co., KS d. 28 Jan 1971, Ada, Ottawa Co., KS: burial: Fairview Cem., Ada, Ottawa Co., KS (Age 56 years)   2. Harlan Henry Coatney,   b. 10 May 1917   d. 14 Aug 1996, Burial: Fairview Cem., Ottawa Co., KS (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F3080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Source: Howard Coatney via Don Coatney: Name Source: SEE MERRIE PINICK'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mp648&id=I41768 Havensville, Pottawatomie Co., KS. Area Working Database: Merrie Pinick: ID: I41768 Name: Ray Harrison COATNEY Given Name: Ray Harrison Surname: Coatney Sex: M _UID: 900FC84354271B4197F97D742AE14468B920 Change Date: 28 Nov 2003 Death: Y Marriage 1 Mona LEBARON Married: Children Ray I. COATNEY b: 29 JUL 1914 in Ada, Ottawa, Kansas Source: http://www.skyways.org/towns/Bennington/otcocems.html Cemeteries of Ottawa Co., KS: http://www.skyways.org/towns/Bennington/adasara01.html Administrator: Ray Boster: Fairview Cemetery at Ada, Ottawa Co., KS: Coatney , Carol V. *** 01/29/25 to 07/02/94 Coatney , Della *** 1912 to 1982 Coatney , Harlan H. *** 05/10/17 to 08/14/96 Coatney , Henry *** 1867 to 1950 Coatney , Kale *** 03/03/15 to 04/26/45 Coatney , Maggie *** 1869 to 1911 Coatney , Mona L. *** 1895 to 1993 Coatney , Ray H. *** 1891 to 1960 Coatney , Ray I. *** 1915 to 1971 Source: http://boards.rootsweb.com//surnames.coatney/321/mb.ashx? Cheryl White: Obit for Ray H. Coatney, born 1891, died 1960, Kansas CherylWhite9962 (View posts) Posted: 29 Sep 2008 1:22PM GMT Classification: Obituary Surnames: Coatney, LeBaron Minneapolis Messenger, Ottawa County, Kansas, April 28, 1960, page 1: Ray Coatney Ray H. Coatney, age 68, a resident of Ottawa County his entire life, died Thursday, April 21, after a lengthy illness. A son of Henry and Margaret Kirkland Coatney, he was born near Minneapolis on December 22, 1891. He grew up in the Ada community and lived in and around Ada from then on. Ray was married to Miss Mona LeBaron September 6, 1914, who survives him. On March 24, 1917 he united with the Antioch Baptist Church and was a faithful member. He held various positions in the church through the years and was an active deacon at the time of his death. Two children, Ray Irvin of Kansas City, Kansas, and Harlan, of Ada, were born to Ray and Mona, both of whom survive him; along with two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Delia Coatney, of Kansas City and Mrs. Carol Coatney, of Ada; also one sister, Mrs. Phil Van Meter, of Salina; and eight grandchildren, as well as other relatives and hosts of friends. Funeral services were held Sunday, April 24, at the Antioch Baptist Church, with the Rev. James McIntosh officiating. Henry D. Karns, of Junction City, sang "Face to Face" and "Shadows," with Mrs. Jack Shafer, of Ada, accompanist. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery near Ada, with the Fouts Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers were C.C. McCullick, Chester Resnick, Francis VanMeter, Walter Walmsley, Harold Mountain and Rolland Shafer. Source: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.coatney/317/mb.ashx?pnt=1 CWhite: obit for Kale Coatney, born 1915, KS, died 1945 Germany cwhite02 Posted: 4 Jan 2008 3:26AM GMT Classification: Obituary Surnames: Coatney, Brion, VanMeter Minneapolis Messenger, Ottawa County, Kansas, May 24, 1945, page 1: PRIVATE KALE COATNEY DIED IN GERMANY News of the death of his son, Pvt. Kale H. Coatney has been received by Henry COATNEY of Ada, in a message from the War Department. No particulars have been received, other than KALE died in a hospital in Germany, on April 26. A letter written April 23 by KALE, stated that he was in a hospital, but hoped to return to his company within a few days. Memorial services for Private COATNEY will be held in connection with Memorial Sunday services in the Baptist church at Ada, Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock. Kale COATNEY was born March 3, 1915 in Ada, where he grew to young manhood. He entered the army October 7, 1942, and received his basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., going from there to an engineers' school at St. Louis, later taking advanced training at San Antonio, Texas, and Camp Ellis, Ill. He went overseas in October, 1943, and had seen service in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. At the time of his death he was in the Advanced Communications zone, supply channel. His half brother, Lieut. Col. Clay Brion, who has been near him overseas, had contacted KALE by telephone and had hoped to arrange a meeting soon. Private COATNEY is survived by his father, Henry Coatney; three brothers, Lt. Col. Clay Brion; Ray Brion of Denver and Ray COATNEY of Ada; also a sister, Mrs. Phil VanMeter of Ada. (Kale's mother was Lena Julia Grace, who had died in 1928. Her first husband had been Frank Emerson Brion, who had died in 1911. Kale was the only child of Lena's marriage to Henry COATNEY. Lola COATNEY VanMeter and Ray COATNEY were Kale's half-sister and brother.] ******** Source: Diana Douglas: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54750881/henry-nashville-coatney Created by: Diana Douglas Added: 10 Jul 2010 Find A Grave Memorial 54750881 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 November 2018), memorial page for Henry Nashville Coatney (27 Feb 1867–27 Dec 1950), Find A Grave Memorial no. 54750881, citing Fairview Cemetery, Ada, Ottawa County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Diana Douglas (contributor 47133643) . Henry Nashville Coatney BIRTH 27 Feb 1867 Jennings County, Indiana, USA DEATH 27 Dec 1950 (aged 83) Ada, Ottawa County, Kansas, USA BURIAL Fairview Cemetery Ada, Ottawa County, Kansas, USA MEMORIAL ID 54750881 Minneapolis Messenger, Jan. 4, 1951, page 8: Henry Nashville Coatney, only child of Harrison and Henrietta Coatney, was born in Deputy, Jennings County, Indiana, Feb. 27, 1867. He departed this life at the home in Ada, December 27, 1950 at the age of 83 years and 10 months. His father, a soldier of the Civil War, died when Henry was 9 months old, and his mother when he was 9 years old. After the death of his mother, he came to Minneapolis to make his home with Mr. and Mrs. James Hanners. Mrs. Hanners was his mother's sister. In this home, with the thirteen Hanners children, he grew to manhood. On New Year's day, 1888, he was married to Margaret Jane Kirkland. They established a hom on a farm in the Sumnerville community, where two children, Lola and Ray, were born. This also became the home of Anna Kirkland, sister to Mrs. Coatney, following the death of their mother. In 1895 the family moved from the Sumnerville community to the Ada community, where they lived on the farm now occupied by the Ray Coatney family. Mrs. Coatney passed away May 21, 1911. In March of the following year Mr. Coatney moved to Ada, to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. P.C. Van Meter, until the spring of 1913. On April 30, 1913, Mr. Coatney was married to Lena J. Brion, widowed mother of three children, Clay, Ray, and Ruth. To this union one son, Kale, was born. Ruth preceded him in death in November, 1927, Mrs. Coatney on February 21, 1928, and the son, Kale, in Germany on April 26, 1945. Mr. Coatney was converted and became a member of the Antioch Baptist Church of Ada, October 27, 1895, of which he continued a loyal member. He was a quiet, unassuming friend to all who knew him. Those left to mourn his passing are: two children Mrs. Lola Van Meter of Salina, and Ray, of rural Ada; two stepsons, Lt. Col. Clay W. Brion of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Ray Brion of Denver, Colo.; three grandchildren, Ray Irvin Coatney of Kansas City, Kansas; Harlan Coatney of Ada; and Mrs. Larry Farmer, of Pratt, Kans.; two step-grandchildren, several great grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Ada Baptist church, with Rev. Ernest Smart in charge. Interment was made in Fairview Cemetery ********