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The Skamania County Pioneer, Stevenson, WA., September 15, 1978, section 2, page 1

BERT L. COFFMAN RITES SATURDAY

Bert Leslie Coffman, formerly of North Bonneville and for 15 years a logging truck driver for the Hegewald Timber Co., died in a Battle Ground convalescent home Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the age of 59.
Mr. Coffman retired some years ago following a disabling accident but his death was attributed to a malignancy which was detected recently when he was hospitalized in Vancouver.
He was born February 14, 1919, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Eugene and Lillian Hoffman. He grew up in the Midwest and was married to Darlene Everett in West Plains, Missouri, May 10, 1943. They made their first home in West Plains and came west in 1948, living in Eastern Washington before moving to North Bonneville in 1954.
The Coffmans moved to Vancouver about three years ago when the Town of North Bonneville was being razed to make way for a second powerhouse at Bonneville Dam.
Besides his wife, Darlene Coffman, 1010 W. 17th St., Vancouver, he is survived by six sons, Roger, Craig, Kevin, Michael, Cary and Curtis; and seven daughters, Jaculine Hartnett, Candace Brown, Cheryl Jermann, Cynthia Spiros, Calthy Peterson, Carla Coffman, and Kimberly Coffman; and seven grandchildren.
He is also survived by a sister, Leona DeFrees, and a brother, Michael Zwiebel, both living in California.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 16, at 11 a.m. at Gardner's Chapel in Stevenson with the Rev. Tom Payton officiating. Interment will follow at the White Salmon Cemetery.