Louise Hofmann
Louise Marion
Hofmann, 83, of San Jose died at 9:15 a.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 2002, at
Hopedale Hospital.
Visitation will be
from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Hurley Funeral Home in Mason City and
from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Quernheim Funeral Home in Waterloo.
There will also an
hour for visitation before the funeral service, which will be at 11
a.m. Friday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Wartburg. The Rev.
Marvin Lorenz will officiate.
Burial will be in
Monroe City Cemetery.
Mrs. Hofmann was a
homemaker.
She was born Jan. 18,
1919, in Pekin. Her biological parents were George Lieber and Bertha
Murer. He foster parents were Martin and Wilhemina Studt. She
married Carl P. Hofmann on Sept. 19, 1942, in Hannibal, Mo. He died
Aug. 13, 1964.
Survivors are two
sons, Ronald (and Phyllis) Hofmann of San Jose and Donald Hofmann of
San Jose; one daughter, Janet (and Donald) Cookson of Manito; six
grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; five
great-great-grandchildren; a half brother, Ray Radcliff of Pekin;
and two sisters, Melva Dieband of Irma, Wis., and a foster sister,
Esther Boehne of Waterloo.
She was also preceded
in death by three daughters, Judith C. Hofmann, Janette S. Hofmann
and JoAnn L. Hofmann; one foster brother, Richard Studt; and three
sisters.
She was a member of
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, San Jose.
Memorials may be made to the family, in
care of Mason City National Bank, to help with expenses.