Joan was the daughter of Edith and Roger Coffman and was born in Los Angeles, California during the Great Depression a little more than three years after the birth of her brother, Larry. Her family moved to Verdi, Nevada, in 1946, and then to Reno, Nevada in 1948.
Joan was close to her father, Roger, and liked to go horse back riding with him when she was a young girl. Her favorite movie was "Gone with the Wind" (1939). She probably watched it at least a hundred times.
In the early 1960s she became a dealer at Harold's Club in Reno and worked there until it was sold. Her last job was as a 21 dealer at the Boomtown Casino in Verdi. Her husband, Norman L. Brown, who was also in the casino business, preceded her in death.
Joan had two daughters, Lisa and Mardi. Mardi died in an accident which devastated her mother. Lisa took care of her mother until her passing in Elk Grove, California.
Larry Coffman
Joan was close to her father, Roger, and liked to go horse back riding with him when she was a young girl. Her favorite movie was "Gone with the Wind" (1939). She probably watched it at least a hundred times.
In the early 1960s she became a dealer at Harold's Club in Reno and worked there until it was sold. Her last job was as a 21 dealer at the Boomtown Casino in Verdi. Her husband, Norman L. Brown, who was also in the casino business, preceded her in death.
Joan had two daughters, Lisa and Mardi. Mardi died in an accident which devastated her mother. Lisa took care of her mother until her passing in Elk Grove, California.
Larry Coffman
Joan was the daughter of Edith and Roger Coffman and was born in Los Angeles, California during the Great Depression a little more than three years after the birth of her brother, Larry. Her family moved to Verdi, Nevada, in 1946, and then to Reno, Nevada in 1948.
Joan was close to her father, Roger, and liked to go horse back riding with him when she was a young girl. Her favorite movie was "Gone with the Wind" (1939). She probably watched it at least a hundred times.
In the early 1960s she became a dealer at Harold's Club in Reno and worked there until it was sold. Her last job was as a 21 dealer at the Boomtown Casino in Verdi. Her husband, Norman L. Brown, who was also in the casino business, preceded her in death.
Joan had two daughters, Lisa and Mardi. Mardi died in an accident which devastated her mother. Lisa took care of her mother until her passing in Elk Grove, California.
Larry Coffman
Joan was close to her father, Roger, and liked to go horse back riding with him when she was a young girl. Her favorite movie was "Gone with the Wind" (1939). She probably watched it at least a hundred times.
In the early 1960s she became a dealer at Harold's Club in Reno and worked there until it was sold. Her last job was as a 21 dealer at the Boomtown Casino in Verdi. Her husband, Norman L. Brown, who was also in the casino business, preceded her in death.
Joan had two daughters, Lisa and Mardi. Mardi died in an accident which devastated her mother. Lisa took care of her mother until her passing in Elk Grove, California.
Larry Coffman
