Barbara Coberly

Barbara Alice Coberly, 89, of Aurora, WV and formerly of Rockville, MD passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at Gilchrist Center Howard County Hospice House, Columbia, MD from complications after a fall in December.

Barbara was born on May 13, 1930, in Aurora, to the late Andrew Grant and Nellie Mae (Shrock) Loughrie. She married Branem “Jeff” Coberly of Elkins, WV on December 24, 1949, in Red House, MD. The couple lived in and near Elkins after marriage, relocated to Rockville in 1964, then retired to Barbara's family home in Aurora in the 1990's.

She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Branem J. Coberly; children, Barbara A. Servant, Thomas A. Coberly, and Jacqueline S. Coberly; daughter-in-law, Ella M. Coberly; grandchildren, Jeffery Coberly, Alicia Coberly, Jessica LaScola, James Riffle, Sarah K. Riffle; and great-grandchildren, Damon Coberly, Owen and Lydia LaScola. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved son, Michael J. Coberly.

Friends will be received at the C & S Fredlock Funeral Home, P.A., 21 N 2nd St., Oakland on Monday, January 20, 2020, from 10 AM to 12 PM at which time a funeral service will be held in the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers please send donations to the hospice where she spent her last days, Gilchrist House Howard County, 6336 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044, gilchristcare.org.