PALM BEACH, Fla., KEY LARGO, Fla. and WINTER HARBOR – Dexter Drake Coffin Jr., of Palm Beach, Fla., the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Fla., and a summer resident of Winter Harbor, died Monday, Feb. 14, 2005. Mr. Coffin was a descendant of Tristam Coffin, one of the original settlers of Nantucket Island, Mass. His family’s company, The Dexter Corporation, was the oldest company on the New York Stock Exchange until it was acquired in 2000. Mr. Coffin was a well-known aviator and yachtsman as well as an automobile enthusiast, art collector, and philanthropist. He served in the U.S. Navy as a ferry command pilot in World War II and a member of VRF-1. Mr. Coffin was a lifetime member of the Sailfish Club of Florida; the Ocean Reef Club; the Winter Harbor Yacht Club; the Watch Hill Yacht Club; Club Collette; and the Wharf Rat Club of Nantucket. He attended Suffield Academy; Kimball Union Academy; and St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. His wife, Mary, and 12 children survive him, Robert L. Coffin Olmsted, Dexter D Coffin III, Walter J. Elliott IV, Glenaan Elliott Robbins, Edward M. Coffin, R. Brian Elliott, Merrilee A. Elliott, Neil Elliott, Martha Thomas, Bruce Elliott, Laura Coffin, and Windsor Dexter Coffin; as well as his brother, David L. Coffin of Naples, Fla. In lieu of flowers, please send any expression of sympathy to The Ocean Reef Club Medical Center, 30 Ocean Reef Drive, Key Largo, FL 33037. Quattlebaum Funeral Home (561)-832-5171 is in charge of arrangements.
DEXTER DRAKE COFFIN JR.
