HOEFER, Elsie Charlotte 1907 - 1976

HOEFER, FREEBURG, PETERSON, BERG, BUHMEYER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 12/1/2024 at 16:23:20

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Thursday, May 27, 1976
Page 12, Column 2

E. HOEFER Rites Set

Mrs. Elsie C. HOEFER, 69, who lived on a farm near Germanville, died Wednesday, 11:15 a.m., at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City (note: in Johnson Co., IA). She had been seriously ill the past week.

The daughter of Axel and Mary FREEBURG PETERSON, Mrs. HOEFER was born May 25, 1907 in Jefferson County and lived all her life in the same county. She married E. O. HOEFER on Feb. 14, 1933. She was a member of Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville.

Surviving are her husband; a son, Dennis of Schaumburg, Ill.; one brother, Earl PETERSON of Fairfield and three sisters, Mrs. Pearl BERG and Mrs. Frank BERG, both of Fairfield and Mrs. Anna BUHMEYER of Burlington.

One daughter, five brothers and one sister preceded her in death.

Services will be Friday, 1:30 p.m., at Hope Lutheran Church with the Rev. Wayne Wilken officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will be at Behner Funeral Home Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m., for visitation.

A memorial has been established to Hope Lutheran Church.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Thursday, June 3, 1976
Page 11, Column 8

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all our relatives, friends, and neighbors for their many cards, flowers, food, and memorial gifts at the time of our recent bereavement. Your expressions of sympathy are all greatly appreciated.

The Family of Elsie HOEFER

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Note: Buried in Lot 2nd.235. Husband Ethiel Otto 'Nick' HOEFER subsequently remarried, to Ferne COURTNEY KURTZ, died in 1996, and was buried with Elsie.