Carol Ann Coffland
May 19, 1949 — February 13, 2018
Carol Ann (Smith) Coffland, 68, of Cedar Rapids, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at Northbrook Manor Care Center in Cedar Rapids. Friends may gather from 10-10:30 a.m. Friday, February 16, 2018, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Marion. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home by Rev. brenda ehret. Burial: St. John’s Cemetery in Independence, Iowa.
Carol was born May 19, 1949 (her father’s birthday), in Waterloo, the daughter of William J. and Lavonne (Barske) Smith. She attended St. John’s High School in Independence and graduated in 1967. On December 1, 1984, she married Jay Dee Coffland at Grace Lutheran Church in Blairstown. They were later divorced. Carol graduated from Mount Mercy College in 1971 and obtained her Master’s Degree in Social Work at the University of Iowa in 1991. Carol served as a Social Worker for the Department of Human Services in Tennessee and Iowa. She was a Licensed Independent Social Worker and practiced Social Work for 38 years.
In 2006, Carol received the “Hero in the Fight against Mental Illness” Award, presented by the Iowa Chapter of the National Association for the Mentally Ill and the Eli Lilly and Company.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Social Work Department at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids.
Carol was born May 19, 1949 (her father’s birthday), in Waterloo, the daughter of William J. and Lavonne (Barske) Smith. She attended St. John’s High School in Independence and graduated in 1967. On December 1, 1984, she married Jay Dee Coffland at Grace Lutheran Church in Blairstown. They were later divorced. Carol graduated from Mount Mercy College in 1971 and obtained her Master’s Degree in Social Work at the University of Iowa in 1991. Carol served as a Social Worker for the Department of Human Services in Tennessee and Iowa. She was a Licensed Independent Social Worker and practiced Social Work for 38 years.
In 2006, Carol received the “Hero in the Fight against Mental Illness” Award, presented by the Iowa Chapter of the National Association for the Mentally Ill and the Eli Lilly and Company.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Social Work Department at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids.
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