She was born, the first of five children, to Orval Marvin & Elizabeth Sarah (Schell) Coker in Long Beach, California, on May 28, 1954. She spent her final years in the loving care of her niece, Stephanie Nyabwa.
She was joined in marriage to Richard Alan Dunfee on December 1, 1979, who preceded her in death in 2018. There were no children born to their union.
She is survived by her sisters, Janice (Randy) Hawkins, Wendy (Jerry) Charlton, Kathy (Timothy) Giba, and one brother, Douglas Coker. Also surviving are nieces and nephews, Bonnie (Jeremy) Harness, Christopher Coker, Melissa Martinez, Sarah (Brandon) James, Stephanie (Dennis) Nyabwa, Kenneth (Kayla) Woodward, Beverly Woodward, Kimberly (Micah) Shonk, Michael Charlton, and many great nieces and nephews.
She will be inurned at East Lawn Palms Cemetery on June 27, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona next to her husband, Richard.