Anthony M. "Toni" Coggeshall

YORK Anthony M. “Toni” Coggeshall, 72, of York, died Thursday evening at York Hospital. He was the husband of Susan A. (Guss) Coggeshall. They were married for 47 years. A service to celebrate Mr. Coggeshall’s life is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 839 West Market St., York followed by burial with military honors at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. His pastor, the Rev. Kevin T. Shively, will officiate. A visitation is scheduled from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Born January 12, 1943, in Hazelton. PA, he was the son of the late Freaborn P. and Anyarita (Mhley) Coggeshall. Mr. Coggeshall graduated from Pennsylvania Military College in 1965 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in English. Following graduation he served in the U.S. Army completing a tour of duty in Vietnam as a UH-1 Huey helicopter pilot. During that period, he earned three Distinguished Flying Crosses and the Bronze Star for Valor. Following his active duty service, he served in the US Army Reserves and the Pennsylvania National Guard. In his civilian life, he was the Quality Assurance Manager for Continental Wire & Cable and later the Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs Manager for Adhesives Research, from where he retired. He was also a member of St. Mathew’s Lutheran Church, a very active committee member for the York Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, and a former member of the Shiloh Lions Club. In addition to his wife, Mr. Coggeshall is survived by his son, Todd Coggeshall, and his wife Melissa of Miramar, FL; his daughter, Amy Laurent, and her husband John of North Kingston, RI; four grandchildren, Kathryn, Sarah, and Nathan Coggeshall and Anthony “AJ” Laurent; a sister, Grace Mortimer; and several cousins. He was preceded in death by his step-mother Evelyn Coggeshall and a brother, Pierce Coggeshall. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 (www.woundedwarriorproject.org/Donate) or Fisher House Foundation, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Rockville MD 20850-5168 (www.fisherhouse.org). Heffner Funeral Chapel & Crematory, York is in charge of arrangements.