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Obituary for Jerry L. Burkhart, Sr.

Jerry L. Burkhart, known as Coffee the Coal Miner, age 76, of Edwardsburg, MI passed away Monday morning at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. Fondly, known as “Coffee” a nickname he received when he worked in the coal mines in West Virginia, was a professional comedian.

Coffee was born October 13, 1946 in Charleston, West Virginia to the late Claude Sherman and Dimple Emegeine (Rouwsey) Burkhart and lived in West Virginia and Indiana most all of his life. On February 8, 1976 he married Debra Lynn (Holley) Burkh ... Read more