Sylvia L. 'Gram' Coffaro Kuhn

September 21, 2014 Last Updated: September 21, 2014 01:01 PM Death Notice

Sylvia L. “Gram” Coffaro Kuhn, 67, of Butler passed away Monday because of an automobile accident.

She was born on Aug. 10, 1947, in Knox, to the late Granville Bell and Belvie Hopper Bell.

Mrs. Kuhn was a graduate of Keystone High School. She worked as a waitress for more than 30 years at Quaker State Truck Plaza in Emlenton. Mrs. Kuhn also worked at Eat-N-Park on New Castle Road and retired from New Haven Court in 2009.

She was an active member of the Butler Assembly of God Church. Mrs. Kuhn was a member of the Acts Choir and enjoyed going to church, home groups and Bible studies, and spending time with her family and church friends. She enjoyed attending her grandchildren's sporting events.

Mrs. Kuhn participated in the Billy Graham Crusade last weekend in Pittsburgh where she was a counselor. One of her greatest joys came from inviting two people to the event where they accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior.

Mrs. Kuhn is survived by her son, Joe Coffaro and his wife, Denise, of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; her daughter, Sharon (Coffaro) Vernick and her husband, Bob, of Butler; her five grandchildren, Bobby and Timmy Vernick, and Samantha, Hunter and Sophia Coffaro; her three sisters, Fern Bigley of Clarion, Hazel Slaughenhoupt of Bruin and Helen Caylor of Clarion; and a number of nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Kuhn, who she married in 1999, and who passed away on Aug. 9, 2003.

Kuhn — The friends of Sylvia L. “Gram” Coffaro Kuhn, who passed away Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, 124 E. North St., Butler.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Butler Assembly of God Church, 105 Purvis Road, Butler, with the Pastor George P. Miller and the Pastor Stephen A. Noullet officiating. Burial will take place in the Woodland Cemetery, Grove City.Memorials are suggested to the Butler Assembly of God Ministries, 105 Purvis Road, Butler, PA 16001.Online condolences can be given at www.thompson-miller.com.