Parents: Edward A. Coffin and Ida Pullman
Married Ella Mullen/Millen, 2 September 1922, Reno, Nevada
Full date of birth from WWII draft registration. Full date and place of death from California death index. Parents, place of birth from 1900 census, Reno, Washoe county, Nevada, with mother's maiden name from parents' 1888 Nevada marriage (Western States Marriage Index). 1922 marriage from posted article.
From the Reno Evening Gazette, Monday, June 11, 1934, page 10:
CHESTER COFFIN FOUND DEAD AT SANTA MONICA
Chester Coffin, son of E. B. Coffin of Reno and formerly city attorney of Santa Monica, California, was found dead at his home there last night. He had been in ill health for some time.
Born and raised in Reno, Mr. Coffin, who was forty-five years old, attended the Reno schools and was graduated from the Stanford University Law School.
Following his graduation, he came to Reno and opened law offices here in partnership with Lester D. Summerfield. A few years later he moved to California and was prominent in Santa Monica affairs, serving as city attorney there for twelve years.
Besides his father he leaves two sisters, Mrs. Alton Glass of Reno and Mrs. Thelma Porteous of New York, and a brother, Harold Coffin of Honolulu, Hawaii. He and his wife were divorced about a year ago. Mrs. Glass left for Santa Monica by plane last night.
The funeral services will probably be held in Reno.
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From the Reno Evening Gazette, Thursday, June 14, 1934, page 2:
SERVICES HELD FOR COFFIN ON COAST
Funeral services were held yesterday at Santa Monica, California for Chester L. Coffin, former well-known resident of Reno, and the body was later cremated. He was the son of E. B. Coffin of Reno, and a brother of Mrs. Alton Glass of Reno.
A native of Reno, Mr. Coffin went to Santa Monica nineteen years ago to practice law and was one of the most prominent attorneys of that vicinity. He served as city attorney of Santa Monica for ten years and was the senior member of the law firm of Coffin, Rhodes and McInerny.
He was found dead at his desk in his law offices late Saturday night, a bullet wound in his head and an automatic pistol clutched in his right hand.
A letter addressed to his law partners and another note labeled "explanation" were on the desk. The note of explanation, according to a Santa Monica paper, stated:
"The trouble seems to be that in following my interest in the abstract, theoretical, and technical problems, I have insufficiently developed the ability to cope with the concrete, practical problems of everyday life"
His associates said he had been worrying over financial and legal matters. Touching on his career in Santa Monica, the newspaper also stated:
"Something of the spirit which characterized Chester L. Coffin in his lifetime became known after his death by his own hand Saturday night, when it was revealed that one of his last acts was to give some of his own blood as serum to be used in the fight against infantile paralysis.
Crippled in his early childhood from the effects of the disease, and with his mind undoubtedly made up then to end his life, he first determined to do what he might to keep life in the body of some victim of the disease from which he had suffered and submitted himself to the knife."
In addition to relatives in Reno, Mr. Coffin leaves a brother, Harold in Honolulu, and a sister, Mrs. Thelma Porteous in Albany, New York. He was forty-four years old and was an honor graduate from Stanford University.
Married Ella Mullen/Millen, 2 September 1922, Reno, Nevada
Full date of birth from WWII draft registration. Full date and place of death from California death index. Parents, place of birth from 1900 census, Reno, Washoe county, Nevada, with mother's maiden name from parents' 1888 Nevada marriage (Western States Marriage Index). 1922 marriage from posted article.
From the Reno Evening Gazette, Monday, June 11, 1934, page 10:
CHESTER COFFIN FOUND DEAD AT SANTA MONICA
Chester Coffin, son of E. B. Coffin of Reno and formerly city attorney of Santa Monica, California, was found dead at his home there last night. He had been in ill health for some time.
Born and raised in Reno, Mr. Coffin, who was forty-five years old, attended the Reno schools and was graduated from the Stanford University Law School.
Following his graduation, he came to Reno and opened law offices here in partnership with Lester D. Summerfield. A few years later he moved to California and was prominent in Santa Monica affairs, serving as city attorney there for twelve years.
Besides his father he leaves two sisters, Mrs. Alton Glass of Reno and Mrs. Thelma Porteous of New York, and a brother, Harold Coffin of Honolulu, Hawaii. He and his wife were divorced about a year ago. Mrs. Glass left for Santa Monica by plane last night.
The funeral services will probably be held in Reno.
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From the Reno Evening Gazette, Thursday, June 14, 1934, page 2:
SERVICES HELD FOR COFFIN ON COAST
Funeral services were held yesterday at Santa Monica, California for Chester L. Coffin, former well-known resident of Reno, and the body was later cremated. He was the son of E. B. Coffin of Reno, and a brother of Mrs. Alton Glass of Reno.
A native of Reno, Mr. Coffin went to Santa Monica nineteen years ago to practice law and was one of the most prominent attorneys of that vicinity. He served as city attorney of Santa Monica for ten years and was the senior member of the law firm of Coffin, Rhodes and McInerny.
He was found dead at his desk in his law offices late Saturday night, a bullet wound in his head and an automatic pistol clutched in his right hand.
A letter addressed to his law partners and another note labeled "explanation" were on the desk. The note of explanation, according to a Santa Monica paper, stated:
"The trouble seems to be that in following my interest in the abstract, theoretical, and technical problems, I have insufficiently developed the ability to cope with the concrete, practical problems of everyday life"
His associates said he had been worrying over financial and legal matters. Touching on his career in Santa Monica, the newspaper also stated:
"Something of the spirit which characterized Chester L. Coffin in his lifetime became known after his death by his own hand Saturday night, when it was revealed that one of his last acts was to give some of his own blood as serum to be used in the fight against infantile paralysis.
Crippled in his early childhood from the effects of the disease, and with his mind undoubtedly made up then to end his life, he first determined to do what he might to keep life in the body of some victim of the disease from which he had suffered and submitted himself to the knife."
In addition to relatives in Reno, Mr. Coffin leaves a brother, Harold in Honolulu, and a sister, Mrs. Thelma Porteous in Albany, New York. He was forty-four years old and was an honor graduate from Stanford University.
Parents: Edward A. Coffin and Ida Pullman
Married Ella Mullen/Millen, 2 September 1922, Reno, Nevada
Full date of birth from WWII draft registration. Full date and place of death from California death index. Parents, place of birth from 1900 census, Reno, Washoe county, Nevada, with mother's maiden name from parents' 1888 Nevada marriage (Western States Marriage Index). 1922 marriage from posted article.
From the Reno Evening Gazette, Monday, June 11, 1934, page 10:
CHESTER COFFIN FOUND DEAD AT SANTA MONICA
Chester Coffin, son of E. B. Coffin of Reno and formerly city attorney of Santa Monica, California, was found dead at his home there last night. He had been in ill health for some time.
Born and raised in Reno, Mr. Coffin, who was forty-five years old, attended the Reno schools and was graduated from the Stanford University Law School.
Following his graduation, he came to Reno and opened law offices here in partnership with Lester D. Summerfield. A few years later he moved to California and was prominent in Santa Monica affairs, serving as city attorney there for twelve years.
Besides his father he leaves two sisters, Mrs. Alton Glass of Reno and Mrs. Thelma Porteous of New York, and a brother, Harold Coffin of Honolulu, Hawaii. He and his wife were divorced about a year ago. Mrs. Glass left for Santa Monica by plane last night.
The funeral services will probably be held in Reno.
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From the Reno Evening Gazette, Thursday, June 14, 1934, page 2:
SERVICES HELD FOR COFFIN ON COAST
Funeral services were held yesterday at Santa Monica, California for Chester L. Coffin, former well-known resident of Reno, and the body was later cremated. He was the son of E. B. Coffin of Reno, and a brother of Mrs. Alton Glass of Reno.
A native of Reno, Mr. Coffin went to Santa Monica nineteen years ago to practice law and was one of the most prominent attorneys of that vicinity. He served as city attorney of Santa Monica for ten years and was the senior member of the law firm of Coffin, Rhodes and McInerny.
He was found dead at his desk in his law offices late Saturday night, a bullet wound in his head and an automatic pistol clutched in his right hand.
A letter addressed to his law partners and another note labeled "explanation" were on the desk. The note of explanation, according to a Santa Monica paper, stated:
"The trouble seems to be that in following my interest in the abstract, theoretical, and technical problems, I have insufficiently developed the ability to cope with the concrete, practical problems of everyday life"
His associates said he had been worrying over financial and legal matters. Touching on his career in Santa Monica, the newspaper also stated:
"Something of the spirit which characterized Chester L. Coffin in his lifetime became known after his death by his own hand Saturday night, when it was revealed that one of his last acts was to give some of his own blood as serum to be used in the fight against infantile paralysis.
Crippled in his early childhood from the effects of the disease, and with his mind undoubtedly made up then to end his life, he first determined to do what he might to keep life in the body of some victim of the disease from which he had suffered and submitted himself to the knife."
In addition to relatives in Reno, Mr. Coffin leaves a brother, Harold in Honolulu, and a sister, Mrs. Thelma Porteous in Albany, New York. He was forty-four years old and was an honor graduate from Stanford University.
Married Ella Mullen/Millen, 2 September 1922, Reno, Nevada
Full date of birth from WWII draft registration. Full date and place of death from California death index. Parents, place of birth from 1900 census, Reno, Washoe county, Nevada, with mother's maiden name from parents' 1888 Nevada marriage (Western States Marriage Index). 1922 marriage from posted article.
From the Reno Evening Gazette, Monday, June 11, 1934, page 10:
CHESTER COFFIN FOUND DEAD AT SANTA MONICA
Chester Coffin, son of E. B. Coffin of Reno and formerly city attorney of Santa Monica, California, was found dead at his home there last night. He had been in ill health for some time.
Born and raised in Reno, Mr. Coffin, who was forty-five years old, attended the Reno schools and was graduated from the Stanford University Law School.
Following his graduation, he came to Reno and opened law offices here in partnership with Lester D. Summerfield. A few years later he moved to California and was prominent in Santa Monica affairs, serving as city attorney there for twelve years.
Besides his father he leaves two sisters, Mrs. Alton Glass of Reno and Mrs. Thelma Porteous of New York, and a brother, Harold Coffin of Honolulu, Hawaii. He and his wife were divorced about a year ago. Mrs. Glass left for Santa Monica by plane last night.
The funeral services will probably be held in Reno.
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From the Reno Evening Gazette, Thursday, June 14, 1934, page 2:
SERVICES HELD FOR COFFIN ON COAST
Funeral services were held yesterday at Santa Monica, California for Chester L. Coffin, former well-known resident of Reno, and the body was later cremated. He was the son of E. B. Coffin of Reno, and a brother of Mrs. Alton Glass of Reno.
A native of Reno, Mr. Coffin went to Santa Monica nineteen years ago to practice law and was one of the most prominent attorneys of that vicinity. He served as city attorney of Santa Monica for ten years and was the senior member of the law firm of Coffin, Rhodes and McInerny.
He was found dead at his desk in his law offices late Saturday night, a bullet wound in his head and an automatic pistol clutched in his right hand.
A letter addressed to his law partners and another note labeled "explanation" were on the desk. The note of explanation, according to a Santa Monica paper, stated:
"The trouble seems to be that in following my interest in the abstract, theoretical, and technical problems, I have insufficiently developed the ability to cope with the concrete, practical problems of everyday life"
His associates said he had been worrying over financial and legal matters. Touching on his career in Santa Monica, the newspaper also stated:
"Something of the spirit which characterized Chester L. Coffin in his lifetime became known after his death by his own hand Saturday night, when it was revealed that one of his last acts was to give some of his own blood as serum to be used in the fight against infantile paralysis.
Crippled in his early childhood from the effects of the disease, and with his mind undoubtedly made up then to end his life, he first determined to do what he might to keep life in the body of some victim of the disease from which he had suffered and submitted himself to the knife."
In addition to relatives in Reno, Mr. Coffin leaves a brother, Harold in Honolulu, and a sister, Mrs. Thelma Porteous in Albany, New York. He was forty-four years old and was an honor graduate from Stanford University.
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