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Obituary: Celia McCoy, Enjoyed Scrapbooking and Travel, Avid Collector


Celia McCoy

March 13, 1923-April 28, 2020

Celia McCoy, also known as “Ceal” and “Cecelia,” died on Tuesday, April 28, at Oak Hills Nursing Home in Lorain, Ohio. The former Sheldon resident was 97.

Mrs. McCoy was born on March 13, 1923, in Sheldon to Tony  and Mary (nee Logel) Firestine. Her grade school education was in a one-room schoolhouse, in District #5, Sheldon. She graduated from East Aurora High School with the class of 1939. 

Mrs. McCoy lived and worked in Buffalo, beginning in 1942, at F.W. Woolworth as a window trimmer. Later, she worked at The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York in the Automobile Underwriting Department. 

She married Hobart R. McCoy, Jr. on March 16, 1946. They moved from the Town of Tonawanda to Lorain, Ohio in May of 1958.

Mrs. McCoy enjoyed traveling, working on many photo albums and scrapbooks of family history and her life. She enjoyed collecting stamps, postcards, “Gone with the Wind” memorabilia, Snoopy, covered bridges and Life Magazines.

Survivors include many cousins and many dear friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband Hobart R. McCoy, Jr. on September 13, 1995; her parents Tony Firestine and Mary Firestine Beyer; and her step-father Bill Beyer.

Private family funeral services were held in Amherst, Ohio, and again in Strykersville.  Burial  took place in St. Cecilia’s Cemetery, Sheldon.

Comfort Funeral Home, Inc., 6469 Olean Road in South Wales, was entrusted with arrangements and offers an online space to share condolences with family and friends.

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