Bio. of Herbert D. Coy ~ son of H. Clay and Deila (Esterbrook) Coy
A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIALTREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR,INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A.M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department ofIowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and NewYork
1931
HERBERT D. COY, D. D. S.Among the dental practitioners of FremontCounty,
one who has gained a prominent position is Dr. Herbert D. Coy, ofHamburg.
By diligent attention to his work he has acquired a profitablepatronage, and
by keeping himself abreast of all current developments andimproved methods
in his science, has maintained an excellent professionalstanding and inspired
confidence in his professional skill throughout thecommunity.He is a
member of the Iowa State Dental Board, and has alwaysbeen active in movements of a civic nature,having served as city councilman and in other capacities. Doctor Coy was born at Farragut, Iowa,July 16, 1892, and is a son of H.
Clay and Deila (Esterbrook) Coy.H. Clay Coy was born at Abingdon, Illinois, where he was reared and educated, and as a young man learned the carpenter trade.
Coming to Iowa, he settled at Farragut, where for a number of years he worked at his vocation and was employed in the erection of many of the principal buildings and residences of that community, where his death occurred in 1901.He was a Republican in his political belief, but took no active part in public affairs, and fraternally wasaffiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America.He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the work of which
both he and his wife were active.Mr. Coy married, at Farragut, Miss Della Esterbrook, a native ofVermont, who survives him and resides at Farragut, and of their seven childrenfive are living:Mrs. Frank Owen, the wife of a farmer of Hemingford, BoxButte County, Nebraska; W. S.m an electrician of Farragut; Dr. Herbert D., ofthis review; and Dr. Harry, who is engaged in the practice of dental surgery at New Sherrin, Iowa.
Herbert D. Coy attended school at Farragut, and after graduating fromhigh
school entered Greighton University, of Omaha, Nebraska, from which
institution he received the degree of Doctor of Dentistry in 1914. In that yearhe
settled permanently at Hamburg, where he has since been engaged in thegeneral
practice of his profession and has built up a large and representative
patronage.His well-appointed offices are equipped with the most modern appliances known to his calling, and he is skilled both as a diagnostician and an operator, having kept fully abreast of the marvelous developments made indentistry during the past few years.An amiable nature and a pleasing personality have been concomitants of his success.Doctor Coy occupies a prominent position in his profession, having already served one term as a memberof the Iowa State Dental Board and has been appointed for a second term thereon.He belongs to the Southwestern Iowa District Dental, Society, the Iowa State Dental Society and the American Dental Association.A Republican inhis political allegiance, he is chairman of the Fremont County Republican committee, and the first year that he served in this capacity the county went Republican for the first time in its history.He has also been a member ofthe city council of Hamburg, and has always taken a helpful and constructive interest in all that pertains to the welfare of his adopted community and its people.He is a member and former president of the Kiwanis Club, is a Yorkrite Mason and Shriner and belongs to the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is
an active worker, and is superintendent of the SundaySchool.
In 1919 Doctor Coy was united in marriage with Miss Ruth Widney, who was born at Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, and educated at Shenandoah, Iowa, and they are the parents of one daughter:Dorothy, born in 1921, who is now attending
school.
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