Bertha (BEHNKE) HOFSTADTER

BEHNKE, HOFSTADTER

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 5/21/2012 at 06:26:52

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Tuesday, January 2, 1945, Page 11

ELDERLY MASON CITYAN DIES
Mrs. Hofstadter, 85, Succumbs at Home

Mrs. Bertha BEHNKE HOFSTADTER, 85, died Monday at her home, 1118 4th S.W., at 4:20 a.m. Funeral services will be held at West Bend on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with burial in the West Bend cemetery. The body was taken from the McAuley and Son funeral home to the residence Tuesday afternoon, to lie in state until Thursday morning, when it will be taken to West Bend.

Mrs. BEHNEK was born Jan. 18, 1859, in Shumway, Ill, the 7th of 9 children born to Frederick and Caroline BEHNKE. She came to Iowa with her family in 1875, settling first at Lotts Creek in Kossuth county, where she was married to l. HOFSTADTER on June 1, 1883. They lived in Algona and later at West Bend, where Mr. HOFSTADTER died on Jan. 31, 1928.

She moved to Mason City several years later. Surviving are 2 sons, Fred HOFSTADTER of Seattle, Wash., and W. H. HOFSTADLER of Des Moines; 2 daughters, Miss Anna M. and Miss Mary C. HOFSTADTER of Mason City; and 3 grandchildren. A son, L. A. HOFSTADTER, preceded her in death on April 3, 1927, in addition to her husband and all her brothers and sisters.

The McAuley and Son funeral home is in charge of arrangements.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2012