Lenna Lorretta Coate

1884 - 1956  (71 years)

• Name	Lenna Lorretta Coate  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	20 Nov 1884	Miami County, Ohio, United States of America   [7, 8, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Nov 1956	Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States of America   [8, 10, 11, 12]
  Burial	20 Nov 1956	West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, USA   [8, 10]
  Person ID	I10926	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Warren C. Coate, *,   b. 20 Aug 1855, Ludlow Falls, Miami County, Ohio, United States of America d. 27 Sep 1929, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ida Jane Harb,   b. 15 Feb 1860, Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, USA d. 4 Sep 1926, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	30 Jan 1879	Miami, Ohio, USA   [7, 13]
  Family ID	F2936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Walter E. Cress,   b. Abt 1879, , , OH, USA d. Aft 2 Jun 1941, Of Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH, USA (Age > 62 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1904  [9]
  Family ID	F3083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Lenna, like her father, also went to college. Her obituary in the Journal Hearld, Dayton, Ohio is as follows: "Services for Mrs. Lenna C. Cress of 120 Five Oaks Avenue will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Roy H. Miller funeral home, Weton. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, West Milton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 9 p.m. today. Mrs. Cress died Saturday at her residence. A native of Miami county, she was employed as a secretary at the Wagner-Smith company 26 years. Surviving are her husband, Walter, and three sisters, Mrs. Grace Wilson of Akron, Mrs. Margaret Fuller of Nashville, N.C. and Mrs. Mamie Mckinley of Piqua." (C-2586) In the 1930 census for Dayton, Ohio it lists that she was employed as a book keeper for an Electrical Engineering firm. This were most unusual patterns for the time.

  
  

• Sources

  [S264] Coate, Albert Edward Interviewed by his daughter, Linda Coate Dudick in the 1970s. [S1333] Albert Pickering Coate, Funeral Book (Unpublished). [S2451] 1900 Federal Census Miami Co., OH. [S94] Margaret Fuller to Albert E. and Marcena I. Coate Letter dated Oct. 30, 1973 In L. Dudick files. [S80] Ida Jane Harb's Obituary Unknown Ohio Newspaper Hamilton, OH? Sept. 1926. [S2568] Hale, Martha, Interviewed by Linda Coate, 6/5/2004. [S700] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2004 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Piqua Ward 3, Miami, Ohio; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0093; FHL microfilm: 1241305, 1,7602::0. [S426] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,60525::0. [S1362] 1930 U.S. Federal Population Census, Dayton, Montgomery, OH (www.ancestry.com). [S170] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S2154] Gene Pool Database at www.ancestry.com. [S2677] Obituary for Lenna Cress (The Journal Herald, Dayton, Ohio, Memorial Obituary dated Monday, Nov. 19, 1956). [S1067] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2004 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), Source number: 43.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LCD, 1,7836::0.