Betty Jo Coffindaffer Keister, 88, of Jane Lew passed away on Monday, March 17, 2025 at her residence.
She was born in Kincheloe, WV on February 20, 1937, a daughter of the late William E. and Betty Ann Hawkins Coffindaffer.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one grandson, Steven Guy Shuman; and one brother, Clarence L. Coffindaffer.
Betty Jo was a 1954 graduate of Unidas High School and a 1958 graduate of Alderson Broaddus College with a BSN and RN degree. She began her nursing career at St. Mary’s Hospital right out of school in 1958. She became a Clinical Nursing Instructor in 1963 and retired from St. Petersburg Jr. College in St. Petersburg, FL in 1994. She was a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist church and the American Nurses Association.
As Betty Jo would always say, “May you always have sand in your shoes and a shell in your pocket.”
In keeping with her wishes, Mrs. Keister will be cremated.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Wings of Hope, 327 Medical Park Drive, Bridgeport, WV 26330.
Expressions of sympathy may be extended to the family at www.amoscarvelli.com. A service of Amos Carvelli Funeral Home.
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