Background
Coats, Josephine Lenore was born on April 24, 1910 in Marion, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Chance and Virginia Jane (Lindamood) Hardy.
Coats, Josephine Lenore was born on April 24, 1910 in Marion, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Chance and Virginia Jane (Lindamood) Hardy.
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1933. AB/Masters, University Indiana, Indianapolis, 1956.
Director, Girl Scout Camp, Gary, Indiana, 1938, 39; subordinate teacher, Gary Public Schools, 1941-1945; social worker, Public Assistance, Gary, 1945-1952; psychiatric social worker, Mental Hospital, Westville, Indiana, 1952-1962; school social worker, East Maine District Public Schools, Illinois, 1962-1972.
Member League of Women Voters, Gary, 1946-1952. Recruiter/trainer Girl Scouts, Gary, 1938-1945. Board directors American Friends Service Committee, 1964-1968.
Founder, clerk Friends Meeting, Chicago, 1964, Gila (New Mexico) Friends Meeting, 1982. Singer Glenwood Women's Glee Club, since 1992.
Married Algerine Leonard Coats, January 29, 1933 (divorced 1953). Children: Robert (deceased), Carlton, William, John (deceased).