Mary Coffeen-Mattingly

Mary "Mary Fran" Coffeen-Mattingly 2/12/1954-11/25/2013 Born in Chicago, IL. to Rosemary P. Coffeen-Otten and the late Edward L. Coffeen, Mary moved with her family to Indianapolis at an early age and attended St. Joan of Arc and Christ the King Catholic grammar schools. She graduated from Broad Ripple H.S. as the Class Valedictorian and was honored at the graduation ceremony with the responsibility of reciting the Benediction prayer. Later in her career, Mary was employed by The Conseco Insurance Group and worked in security for the City of Indianapolis. Most recently, she was employed by the Carmel, IN schools in the transportation area. Mary enjoyed golfing with her husband and working with the Habitat for Humanity. Each Thanksgiving, she and her husband Jim generously participated in delivering dinners for the Rev. Mozel Sanders initiative for providing holiday meals to the less fortunate. Mary loved to travel, read and being outside in nature. She adored spending time with her loving grandchildren. Mary was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother, as well as a devoted Christian who believed in God. Despite a long and difficult illness, Mary remained strong, positive, and determined, concerned more for the comfort of others than she did for her own personal challenges. Mary is survived by her husband of 23 years, James R. Mattingly and her daughter Jayne Elizabeth (Joshua) Day. Mary loved spending time with her grandchildren Kailyn and Korbin in addition to her mother, Mary is also survived by her immediate family which includes three loving sisters: Patricia Coffeen, Therese (Larry) Bans, and Margaret (Bill) Auchenbach; and, two brothers: Timothy Coffeen and Michael (Lynne) Coffeen Mary passed peacefully at home surrounded by family members after her brave, heroic, stubborn, and defiant battle against cancer. Services ar scheduled for Saturday, November 30th as follows: VISITATION: Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, 10655 Haverstick Rd E, Carmel, IN 46033; (317) 846-3850. MASS: Following Visitation, Mass will be held beginning at 11:00 a.m. Condolences may be sent to Mary's husband Jim at the following address: Jim Mattingly 16975 Napoleon Court Westfield, IN 46074 Mary never wavered in her year-long battle against this horrible disease, but continually provided hope, inspiration, and courage for the rest of us. We will miss her...